On 12/26/05, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 17:49 -0800, Ian Forde wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 18:11 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: > > > There are two ways to capture HDTV. > > > > > > 1) OTA with an HDTV tuner card > > > 2) via Firewire from a cable box like the Motorola DCT-6200 (IIRC). > > > This is limited only to the channels that the cable provider provides > > > unencrypted on the firewire port > > > > Make that 3... > > > > 3) Cable QAM with an HDTV tuner card to get the digital channels that > > that the cable provider provides... effectively a subset of option 1, > > but suitable for those in places where HD antennae can't be put up > > effectively... > > So if I get an HDTV card like the pcHDTV-3000 and it has support for QAM > (which I believe the 3k does), I can just plug the cable into the card > and have it pick up any unencrypted HD channels? So HBO-HD probably > won't work, but Fox HD should, right? Or is there something else I'm > missing? > > And what about encoding the video? If I get a hardware encoder can it > encode HD content the same way as regular content, or am I going to be > looking at doing software encoding for HD? > > Thanks much for the help. >
You might want to find a TV with a built-in tuner or something to that extent to find out what exactly you're going to be getting over QAM. I get the big networks, Discovery Times, and TNT... but from other comments it seems to vary a lot depending on provider. I like getting the networks in HD and all, but spending $100+ to only get like 6 channels is disappointing. So basically, firewire has 5C copy protection, QAM has little content, OTA has (understandably) limited content. Digital broadcasting in the US is trash. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
