Would you mind sharing your scripts? Thanks for the info Dave P
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David George Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:32 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Thinking of Switching from Cable to DirectTv 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 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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