On Wed, February 18, 2009 8:29 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> My TVs are analog only, and I just use an antenna for signals. >> >> Apparently there are NO converter boxes that have timers for channels so >> my old analog VCR can be used without having to manually change the >> channel on the converter to the appropriate channell. >> >> DishTV sells a DTV DVR with converter box that sounds nice, it's $249, >> one time fee, records two channels, or lets you watch one and record >> another. >> >> Would that be a better option than trying to build a MythTV box with a >> digital tuner that could handle more than one channel at the same time? > > Doing some more research on this. KPBS (15) will continue to broadcast > analog until sometime in April. KUSI (51 Independent) and KNSD (39 NBC) > will broadcast analog till 12 June. So depending on your VCR, if it has > a composite input that get treated the same as tunable channels, you > could set up the converter box to a particular channel for the composite > out and tune to KPBS, KUSI and KNSD with the normal tuner. > > XETV (6 WB) has said they are going to switch but so far they haven't. > So I don't know what's going on there because as a Mexican station they > could transmit analog until 2020. But for me I only record three > stations: PBS (15 analog), FOX (5.1 digital) and NBC (39 analog) so I > can get away with a converter box permanently[1] tuned to FOX and use my > regular tuner for the other two for the time being. > > Gus > >
I'm confused by Gus's reply. I had understood that the digital switch only affected the broadcast signal. Those of us with Myth and basic cable would see no change in operation. Pls confirm or deny. Lan "this may be worse than I thought" Barnes -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
