[mythtv-users] Directv H21 and Mythtv

[George Mari]

John P Poet wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Captain Krypto <captainkrypto at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I'm running a combined FE/BE system with 1 SD tuner card (pvr-150).  I was
>> thinking about upgrading my Directv to HD and was wondering about peoples
>> experiences with this receiver and using it with MythTv.  Since I don't have
>> an HD tuner at this point, I wanted to watch HD directly through the box,
>> but still be able to record SD.  Is anyone running a setup like this?  If I
>> have an HDMI cable plugged in, will the signal still come through the RCA or
>> Composite outputs?  Any info or feedback on the H21 is appreciated.
> 
> Feeding s-video from my H20 (hidef) to my pvr-150 works very well.
> 
> The HD channels even look pretty good.  If you set the H20 to output
> in "anamorphic" mode, and tell Myth to setup the PVR-150 to record in
> 16:9 (anamorphic), then you minimize resolution loss.  Combine this
> with the new greedy or yadif deinterlacer and the result is not too
> bad.  Definitely not HD, but much better than the SD version of the
> same channel.
> 
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I second the quality of 16:9 anamorphic mode on the H20 - much nicer 
than 4:3 SD on my old D10.

H21 is basically the same as the H20, from a MythtV/capability point of 
view.  I upgraded this past November, and feel it was worth it.

I'm also looking forward to the possibility of component capture at some 
point in the not-too-distant future.