Dorsey Graphics wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Steve Adeff wrote: > >> On Thursday 12 January 2006 14:04, Dorsey Graphics wrote: >> >>> That's the issue - it may be Comcast, it may be DirecTC. Probably not >>> OTA, but I don't really know yet. >> >> >> Comcast >> Possible HD cable box firewire for HD capture >> 5C could prevent lots of channels from being captured > > > Is the 5C a digital cable box model? I love the idea of firewire out - > I have a Mac (imagine the possibilities!!!)
5C is the encryption put on non-broadcast cable channels by cable operators. This prevents output to the firewire ports. > >> Possible QAM for HD tuner >> limitied channels if it works > > > >> >> DirecTV >> No HD into Myth > > > Interesting. So I guess that DirecTV is no longer an option. Not entirely. I don't know how or if it is supported but a quick google for DirecTV firewire will reveal an outfit that will sell you a firewire enabled DTV receiver. > >> >> OTA >> singal reception problems >> only OTA channels >> >> >>> Is there a card that will work well for all? >> >> >> no card that I know of does HD and SD together well. If you want to do >> QAM/ATSC, then get a cheap HD tuner card, ~$100 and if you want to do >> SD get >> a PVR-150, ~$70 or PVR-500 ~$150. > > > What is QAM/ATSC? I am not familiar with these terms? > > Wikipedia sais QAM is "Quadrature amplitude modulation". I have no > idea what that is. > Also, ATSC is NTSC for hi-def? > > Thank you so much! QAM is the modulation/encoding used by cable companies on their channels. IE: a QAM capable HDTV tuner can receive channels over your cable but only channels not encrypted by 5C. ATSC is exactly what you said, the HDTV equivalent of NTSC. Kevin _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
