[mythtv-users] Satellite Receiver with ATSC (not analog/NTSC) output on Ch 3 or 4?

[Steve Heistand]

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Steve Heistand
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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Larry on the Dell Laptop <larry at foxgulch.com>
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:24 -0600
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Satellite Receiver with ATSC (not analog/NTSC) output on Ch 3 or 4?

> Brian Wood wrote:
> > Larry on the Dell Laptop wrote:
> >   
> >> Do any of the newer satellite receivers (DishNetwork or DirectTV or ??)  
> >> have an output on Ch 3 or 4 whose output is in the newer ATSC format?   
> >> The answer is apparently no from all the sources I've checked so far.    
> >> Dish technical support was a complete waste of time but Mike from Solid 
> >> Signal seemed knowledgeable.  He said there is a BlonderTongue Modulator 
> >> which will take composite video and modulate it on a TV channel as ATSC  
> >> but the price was approx. $500.
> >>
> >> The reason I ask?  I now have newer TV sets that take ATSC in.   My dish 
> >> receiver outputs the satellite channel it is tuned to on Ch 3 in so 
> >> called analog aka NTSC format.  This arrives and is displayed on my 
> >> newer TV degraded in quality.   Since the sets can receive ATSC, 
> >> wouldn't it make more sense to have the rear panel output on the 
> >> satellite receiver output in ATSC SD format so that it arrives crystal 
> >> clear at my new ATSC captable TV set?   This same Ch 3 or Ch 4 ATSC 
> >> signal could also be picked up by my growing list of PCs with ATSC tuner 
> >> cards, again without degradation caused by NTSC / analog transmission.
> >>     
> >
> >
> > I don't think so. In order to output as ATSC the sat receiver would have
> > to re-encode the decoded satellite stream, as the satellite does not use
> >  ATSC format.
> >
> > Why not use the baseband output of the receiver?
> >
> > beww
> >
> 
> By baseband output, you mean the RCA Video  out connector  or the 
> S-Video connector on back of the DishNetwork receiver?  If so, my 
> problem is distributing that signal on my internal house wiring through 
> my RG6 coaxial network.  I'm familiar with using a pc as a front end 
> then connecting to the backend via ethernet LAN.  That works well if you 
> have a PC nearby. Too bad my fancy yet expensive Sony ATSC sets don't 
> have a PC in them with a twisted pair ethernet input.  The guts of my  
> Sony Bravia must be pretty close as it is GPLed. 
> > _______________________________________________

you want something like:

http://www.svideo.com/svideocoax.html