Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 and DCT2200

[Dopey Dog]

Thanks for all the info guys, but I already have it working using a serial cable for changing channels.  I'm using an ATI Remote wonder and having no problems with it.  I was just wondering if I still needed the DCT2200, guess I do.   I currently only have a 'frame grabber' (ATI TV Wonder VE) and it seems to be working fine, was just seeing that if I went to a pvr-250 if I would still need the box.  Cost for my mythTV box has been $140 cdn, $100 for a sapphire radeon 9600 with s-video out and $40 for the ati remote.  I'm using an old athlon 1200 with 512 ram and a 20 and 2-40gb drivers that I combined.  Going good.

BIlly.

On 12/6/05, Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 07:56 -0600, Carl Fongheiser wrote:
> On 12/6/05, Dopey Dog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>         If I have a PVR-250, do I still need my Motorola DCT2200
>         decoder for my digital channels?  or can the PVR-250 decode
>         everything?
>
> The PVR-250 doesn't decode digital channels.  You still need your
> cable box.  You'll need an IR blaster to change channels, and a lot of
> patience. I have a low success rate with my IR blaster and my DCT2100.
> It's not that the IR blaster is so bad, but that the DCT box is very
> slow, and sometimes misses remote button presses.

Sigh...

It's not a foregone conclusion that you'll need an IR blaster.  With a
DCT-2200, you may be able to use a serial cable...

        -I
>



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