Lan Barnes wrote: > 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.
I'm only referring to over-the-air broadcast signals. This has nothing to do with cable TV. Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
