glen martin wrote:
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.
Believe it or not, it's the exact same roundtrip you get with a Digital
Cable/Satellite STB... Just don't tell anyone or we might have a lot of
people starting to notice "artifacts" from the D/A -> A/D -> D/A (and
add in an A/D before the process if the network feed to the
cable/satellite company is analog instead of digital) process they
didn't realize they were using. :)
Mike
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