[aclug-L] Re: MythTV et al (was Re: Ideas for June Meeting?)

["David Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI:

Wal-Mart in Derby was selling over the air set-top HDTV tuners sold under 
the 'USDigital' brand name for $150.00... just make sure that you live high 
or have a very good UHF out-door antenna

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:20 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: MythTV et al (was Re: Ideas for June Meeting?)


>
>> causing a larger file size.  I don't want to record in HD, digital is
>> fine with me and the files can be compressed.
>
> I'm not sure what you're talking about... "I don't want to record in HD,
> digital is fine"??  HD is digital.  (I guess some digital isn't HD... but
> for all practical purposes related to this thread, it may as well be, as 
> the
> purpose for digital over analog is higher quality... and that quality will
> be there whether the broadcast conforms to standard HDTV spec, or some 
> other
> digital format).
>
>
>> Analog recording is ok, it doesn't look that great and it doesn't have
>> compression.  I plan on connecting a digital box to my MythTV box so
>> that I can get recording in digital.  ~Anne
>
> By analog recording, are you refering to VHS?  B/c if you mean just
> recording an analog source (i.e. standard cable or broadcast TV), it is
> recorded as digital on a computer (a computer understands nothing else), 
> and
> therefore it does (or at least can) have compression.
>
> -- Jonathan
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