Thanks, Wayne. That was a very comprehensive explanation. You did answer my
question as to whether it would work favorably. I had not researched this as
I am not financially able to make the changes for a while.
Jeff
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable
At 02:10 PM 9/28/2005, jeff.lane typed:
How does the picture quality compare between your monitor and HDTV?
Not sure what you are asking here. If I read you correctly my CRT display
with output from MyHD looks quite good & that's one way people can get a
relatively inexpensive HDTV set is to watch the broadcasts on their
monitor instead of spending the big bucks on a HD ready wide screen TV. I
can & have watch captured programs on every computer screen that I have in
my house via streaming mpeg video [*.tp (streaming transport)]. The specs
on almost all monitors these days can handle the output quite nicely
except for maybe the cheapest low res monitors. Whether one connects from
MyHD to a CRT directly or streams the programs via a lan makes no
difference but with a lan the program will be slightly delayed but most of
my friends that have these deliberately wait til say 8:15pm to watch the
8pm programs so they can skip the commercials as the MyHD does real time
timeshifting which is the ability to rewind live broadcasts. If one
displays across a lan using an app such as PowerDVD or VLC (virtual lan
client) then they aren't actually running the MyHD app anyway because
you're taking the resulting video & sending it across the network after
MyHD has at least partially saved the show.
Does the MyHD card work with CRTs as well as flat panels?
MyHD can output to CRTs, DVI or an HD ready TV. With the correct adapters
you can output to a CRT or DVI & a HDTV. I've actually sent 2 outputs to
my HDTV with one being the Windows Desktop & the other being the show that
was being broadcast. The latest version of the MyHD card will even do
unscrambled Cable as well but mine only does OTA [over the air] broadcasts
only. ATM I don't have a CRT hooked up to the system that runs the MyHD
card & app in it as I have the app in my StartUp folder. If I want to make
configuration changes I run [EMAIL PROTECTED] into the machine. One can see the
Windows Desktop & run apps this way but you can NOT see what the MyHD is
broadcasting this way altho that is not a problem. There are also apps out
there that let one strip free space from the streaming video & let one
convert it to mpeg2 so you can put the video on a dvd. I can put a 1 hr
programs on a DVD only if I strip the free space out & edit out the
commercials but I effectively have a HD DVD when I'm done.
When I purchased MyHD it was advertised as not being able to do real time
timeshifting or DVD playback but this is something the manufacturer has
added to the software later with great results. Also one can program
record via a website such as <http://www.titantv.com/>. It's really simple
as you browse over to the website to see what's on the tube that evening
then just press the red dot in the corner of the tv listing & you're done
providing you set the site up for your recording device & of course MyHD
is fully supported.
I purchased mine at
<http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Video/mdp130.asp> & the
manufacturer has a rep that monitors the various threads on the subject at
<http://www.avsforums.com/>
If all you want to do is to watch the HD video on your computer monitor
you may want to get a FusionHD card instead as they are about $50 cheaper.
They've gotten great reviews as well & also have threads at avs forums
about them. The MyHD card does NOT meet Windows XP Media Center Edition
specifications primarily because it's completely self contained & the
video is sent out via the card itself & not via your video card where as I
believe the Fusion card does. This may have changed since I looked last so
don't take this XP MCE part as gospel. It wasn't important to me either
way. The MyHD card can run on Win 98se systems without tons of memory as
well so one can pop one of these in a old machine.
I'll be glad to try an answer your questions on this the best that I can
but the real experts are at avs forums. If you sign up there please make
sure you read, read & read some more before asking questions as many there
don't take kindly to nOObs that don't try to help themselves first.
Have fun.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
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