On Thursday 12 January 2006 16:27, Tony Godshall wrote: > According to Steve Adeff, > > > 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 > > Possible QAM for HD tuner > > limitied channels if it works > > > > DirecTV > > No HD into Myth > > > > 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. > > In my experience, whatever card can receive digital HDTV > can also receive (digital) SDTV. In my area, KQED transmits > five or six (digital) SD channels when it's not transmitting > HDTV. It's important not to confuse digital SD with analog > TV, and certainly not to use "SD" as a shorthand for the > latter. The PVR-150 will only capture analog. >
true, but from what I understand, "digital SD" is technically ED since the exact resolutions etc vary depending on channel, carrier, etc. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
