[mythtv-users] Recording/live-tv video quality (aka do PVR150 encoders suck?)

[Brad Fuller]

On Feb 3, 2008 7:26 AM, Scott Traurig <straurig at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:55:08 -0800
> > From: "Gabe Rubin" <gaberubin at gmail.com>
> >
> > You may have missed my email in the huge pile of emails, but you can
> > purchase an s-video to composite adapter for under $5 (and I believe
> > one comes with many of the pvr-x50 cards):
>
> Thanks, Gabe. I did miss your first post. I get the digest and sometimes I
> think it drops the occasional post into the bit bucket on me.
>
> I don't have high hopes for this one. It should arguably be worse because
> the $5 "solder the wires together and add a capacitor" hack does not do a
> very good job of converting in the composite to S-video direction. However
> for $5 I'll probably give it a try and will report back when I do.

just a note to beware of Radio Shack. I saw that they sell the
converter for $20! while Fry's sells the same thing for $5

-- 
Brad Fuller
www.bradfuller.com