[mythtv-users] OTA/DTV tuner-card related questions, recommendations

[James Miller]

On 01/20/2011 Douglas wrote:

> The cheap box you got with the government coupon probably won't tell you 
> any useful information about how the signal was broadcast, and it 
> converts everything to 480i.

Hey now, hold on a minute here. Does this mean that, if I use the Zinwell 
converter box, there'll be no need for transcoding, no matter what OTA 
stations I'm trying to record? In other words, do I understand correctly 
that it does the job of reducing from HD to SD for me in the case of those 
stations that are actually broadcasting in my area in HD? If that's the 
case, then using the converter box--even though it will involve figuring 
out how to get myth to interact with it--may well be the path of least 
resistance here.

Thanks,
James