Re: [mythtv-users] HD over FireWire Questions

2006-01-16 Thread Steve Adeff
On Saturday 14 January 2006 21:50, Chris Ribe wrote: To echo what Ian said, the DCT-6200 (and I assume other Firewire capable cable boxes as well) will downconvert HD channels and output them on its S-Video output. These channels tend to have better picture quality than their SD counterparts.

[mythtv-users] HD over FireWire Questions

2006-01-14 Thread Kichigai Mentat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello. I once read the thread about the advantages of using a HD FireWire capture, even if you don't have an HDTV. I'm curious, is there any way to make sure the captured stream is scaled down to standard def (or at least 740x480)? I am using an

Re: [mythtv-users] HD over FireWire Questions

2006-01-14 Thread Ian Forde
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 15:58 -0600, Kichigai Mentat wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello. I once read the thread about the advantages of using a HD FireWire capture, even if you don't have an HDTV. You don't actually have to capture HD channels. You can also capture

Re: [mythtv-users] HD over FireWire Questions

2006-01-14 Thread Chris Ribe
To echo what Ian said, the DCT-6200 (and I assume other Firewire capable cable boxes as well) will downconvert HD channels and output them on its S-Video output. These channels tend to have better picture quality than their SD counterparts. This is especially true of OTA broadcast channels. God