[mythtv-users] What's the point of MythTV HD?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 3, 2007, at 11:19 AM, James Gutshall Jr wrote:

> "downsampled content via SVideo"
>
> Doesnt this, by definition change the content to NOT HD?  I agree  
> that it provides a way to watch the channel, but for some, the the  
> HD channel is also available in analog, thus the problem isnt  
> watching that particular program.  the problem is that we want to  
> record, and watch later, the program in question.... in HD quality.

No one complains when I put in a DVD about the "poor quality" because  
it's not HD. You'll get about that quality from down-sampled S-Video  
that started as HD quality. Saves a ton of disk space, too. I was  
thinking about upgrading my DirecTV to HD for this specific scenario.