[mythtv-users] ION-based system as combined BE/FE?

[Bill Williamson]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Brad Benson<bbenso1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This system will, at least for now, be effectively a standalone DVR for
> them.  I'm not sure yet how exactly I'll be getting the content into Myth
> (maybe HD-PVR? maybe just analog capture from RF out of STB (yes, I know
> that's not truely HD, but it's pretty good and they won't know the
> difference))


RF out of the directtv box will look so horrible as to be unusable.
I'm suprised they even still make boxes with RF output to be honest.
At the very least you need to capture composite or svideo, but an
HD-PVR is your best bet.