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

[David Linville]

On 12/3/07, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 3, 2007, at 11:19 AM, James Gutshall Jr wrote:
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> > "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.
>

Wouldn't you end up with black bars on the top and bottom recording that
way?  If so that would kill quite a bit of extra resolution.

David
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