[mythtv-users] coax vs. composite

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Mon May 15 14:22:54 EDT 2006


On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 02:59:05PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>  	Saying, "I connected my PVR-xxx to my STB via the coax connection" 
> is a content-free statement regarding the *type* of connection between the 
> STB and the capture card unless taken within this vernacular context.
> 
>  	Hopefully thus endeth the confusion.

And it's precisely *because* the comment is otherwise content-free that
the contextual assumption should always be made -- by people smart
enough to realize there's a difference.

:-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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