glen martin wrote: >Michael T. Dean wrote: > > >My front-end can't support HD playback, and my TV can't display it. But >I like the aspect ratio and extra channels (eg. 5 subchannels on PBS) of >ATSC. > > >>your best option for "live" transcoding from ATSC -> NTSC is plugging >>the S-Video/Composite out of your cable box into a PVR-x50. If you're >>using OTA instead of cable, you could get a STB ATSC receiver (like >>http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7292146&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03022&id=1118840815760 >>-- note that I don't recommend this one as I've never used it, but >>it's the type of thing you would need). >> >> >That's an approach I hadn't considered. So for OTA use, I could get >something like this standalone ATSC receiver, set it for 480i output, >feed that into a PVR-250 through the s-video input, and use MythTV as >usual including pause etc. Interesting. I had a mental block on that, >but seems obvious once you suggest it. > > The only downside seems to be a roundtrip through analog between the external box and the PVR-250.
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