HDTV
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Introduction
HDTV related blurb here... There's a few main components to HDTV and a break down in anyone of them really degrades the experience. You need HDTV video source which is displaying HDTV content/material, you need to connect your HDTV video source to an HDTV monitor or HDTV television/display with an HDTV connection method (analog component video, Digital DVI, Digital HDMI). e.g. if you hook up your hidef cable box, tuned to a HDTV channel, but connect it to your HDTV via svideo it's not HiDef anymore :(
There's a few different ways to get HDTV content into your PVR
HDTV Source Material / Methods
Excellent write up HTPCnews HDTV PVR FAQ (http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7678)
HDTV Connection Methods
Unsorted HDTV PVR stuff
MythTV Linux based PVR software that can handle HDTV using an HD-3000 card
Building an HD-PVR -- pcHDTV and MythTV http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/
pcHDTV HD-3000 card http://pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html HDTV card for use on Linux
ATI HDTV Wonder - card the receives OTA (Off The Air) HDTV (not cable) Windows
Hauppauge WinTV-HD ATSC, cable 8VSB or clear QAM, in all 18 ATSC formats up to 1080i http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_hd.html
Dvico Fusion They are OTA ATSC (Off The Air) & QAM (cable) DTV/HDTV tuner cards
Avermedia A180 OEM card - the receives OTA (Off The Air) HDTV (not cable)
HowTo Configure OTA ATSC HDTV GBPVR - USA
AVS Forum HDTV Receiving Hardware http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=25
AVS Forum HDTV Recording and Playing http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=42
Howto Record HDTV from a STB (Set Top Box) via Firewire http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/09/record_hdtv_on.html
