OK I think I'll purchase another WinTV card. I'll get an HD card when I make my decision on what TV I'll get and what service I'll subscribe to.
Thanks all, ------------------S On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
