[mythtv-users] Digital Television In US

Ivan Kowalenko ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com
Tue May 16 15:50:19 EDT 2006


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On May 16, 2006, at 14.42, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On 5/16/06, Ivan Kowalenko <ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm wondering, besides digital cable (SD), and HDTV, what ways are  
>> there to
>> get digital television in the United States, in Standard Def? I  
>> find it
>> absurd that the only way to get digital SD is to go from a digital  
>> cable box
>> to an analog line into a capture card. Isn't there some way of  
>> getting
>> digital SD over arial transmissions (like DVB-T) or through a HD  
>> cable box,
>> without having to convert back to analog? I know that there's some  
>> free
>> DVB-S stuff for the US, and that apparently some channels support  
>> DVB-T in
>> the US (though there seems to be no way of finding out, short of  
>> calling the
>> station or buying a DVB-T card yourself).
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>
> there are some FTA DVB satelites, the Astra's come to mind. Even the
> Dish satelites have a few FTA channels iirc. check lyng-sat.com

I was hoping for something that wouldn't involve a massive investment  
in new hardware. I've already checked out the lyng-sat website, and I  
saw some interesting things, but I'd rather not have to buy a  
satellite dish, a DVB-S card, stuff to move the satellite, install  
the satellite, and everything else.

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