Do you have an HDTV? If so, and you have a HD source (i.e., antenna or
cable), then it is absolutely worth it.
A JM wrote:
Chad,
What kind of file sizes are you geting with some of your recordings?
The real question that I want to ask is it worth it? I meanshould I
spend the time and money trying to get this to work?
Anyone else dealing with a QAM connection that could shed some light
on the subject? What's the facts onbuying your own cable box? Can you
do digital and HD that way?
Thanks,
On 9/1/05, *Chad* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
On 8/31/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
> I'm looking for some background on HD since I currently only run
in SD.
>
> Can someone give me the lay of the land as far as being able to
recieve HD
> and watch HD? I "assume", bad word on my behalf, that by owning
an HD card
> (HD2000- HD3000) that the "decoding" portion of the signal is
complete all
> that is left is the actual signal?
I've got an HD3000 and I use an OTA antenna, NOT my cable
companies cable (QAM).
You plug either your cable company fed cable into the card, OR a cable
running from (usually) a large roof top antenna. The cable
company is
called QAM, the antenna is called OTA, I seem to remember seeing it
also called 8VSB. The HD3000 supports both.
> We currenly have cable but do not use a cable box so we only get
channels
> below 70, I think it's with Insight Cable. Do you need a box or
other
> hardware to recieve the signal or just plug and play?
This should be a plug and play thing, at least as far as that goes.
You will need to configure your card correctly within myth, but I
think that part is obvious.
> Thanks for any insight the group can give.
Insight, funny choice of words since that's your provider ;)
The card is great. Getting the DVB drivers all running happily
together can be a bit cumbersome for about 30 minutes, but the more I
do it, the faster I can iron out the creases it seems. I have yet to
use QAM at all, but from what I have read around here, on the AVS
forums and from a few different miscellaneous pages, it provides more
options and includes all the options that are available OTA. I have
about 4 other capture cards that do my non-HD stuff for me, so I don't
bother to see if the grass is greener or not.
Good Luck!
> AJM,
> _______________________________________________
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