On 3/6/2005 4:18 PM, Brad Templeton wrote:
But in general, analog cable is _so_ much better than satellite or digital
cable when it comes to a PVR.
Pros:
Guaranteed channel changes, tuning is instant (even though there is
still a delay to restart the digital capture in your PVR)
Quasi-acceptable live tv surf ability -- live tv surf is intolerable
with the others
I have guaranteed channel changes. Using the serial control to a
Directv receiver has never missed a channel change.
It's never accidentally off. (If your satelitte box gets an off
code for some reason, or goes off in power glitch, you get no
recording.)
The channel changing script I use makes sure the satellite box is on
before sending the channel change.
You can slap as many tuners on it as you want (satellite/dc needs a
box for every tuner)
True
One simple wire into the box
Have to give you this one also :-)
Not transcoding pre-compressed re-expanded video
True for analog cable as you describe. But I have to admit satellite
looks *a lot* better than analog cable from my provider. They still
haven't gotten channels 2-13 looking good and they have been promising
us this for years.
Cons:
Digital TV/Satellite have more channels
--
David
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