Hi, I'm considering purchasing a Samsung 4667W TV. This TV has 2 firewire input/output ports. I realize that myth does not currently support recording from the FireWire ports of TVs, but it is something that I would like to try--it should be similar to using FireWire on a cable box, right? I came across an article in "The Perfect Vision" magazine about FireWire output on another Samsung TV. To quote the article:
"I attempted to make a recording on an RCA DVR, .... The HL-R5668 had no problem recognizing the RCA DVR, and the set was able to play and fast-scan any of the recordings I had previously stored on it. However, the Samsung would not allow me to record any new cable content on the DVR. Instead, it displayed an on-screen notice that the content was copy-protected. This occurred with my local digital-broadcast channels (terrestrial channels that are rebroadcast on digital cable) as well as premium content such as HBO. Copy restrictions are prohibited on rebroadcast channels, so that couldn't have been the problem. "I finally learned from Samsung that the HL-R5668 does not have a PID (Program Identifier) filter. This filter is essential for recording digital-cable signals, which carry two complete HD channels in the same 6MHz bandwidth as single-channel over-the-air broadcasts. A program ID filter allows only one channel to pass through the FireWire cable to the recorder, which can't record two channels at once. ... The Samsung rep I spoke with assured me that digital recordings of terrestrial broadcasts can be performed, but I didn't try it." So, if I understand this correctly, it's not possible to record from the TVs firewire ports if it is fed a cable TV signal. (I realize that I could use the firewire output from the cable box instead). But, if I use an antenna to recieve channels OTA, will I have the same problem. Do you concur? Ultimately, I'd like to use mythtv to record from the FireWire output of the TV. Is there any hope of doing that with this TV? I did read the thread from a couple of weeks ago about using HAVi to control a TV--might be fun to try with this TV, if I can get over the above problem. Thanks, Todd __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users