Re: [PLUG] HDHomeRun with non-digital, non-HD?

["Isaac Bennetch" <bennetch@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 9/6/07, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> 1) Can I use the HDHomeRun with my old analog Comcast setup?

No. The HDHomeRun specs say it has ASTC and QAM tuners, both of which
are digital standards (ASTC is over-the-air and QAM is commonly used
in digital cable).

> 2) Can MythTV feed a 10 year old non-HD TV with only coax and RCA
> inputs?  If so, how does that work?

Yes -- but this is entirely dependant on your particular Mythbox's
output card. You build whatever output card into your system that you
need. In your case you've got two options -- get a video card with
TV/video outputs or get a VGA-to-composite converter. IMHO it's better
to get the proper video card (depending on your intended purpose, if
you want to play a game for instance make sure you can output it on
the card -- I don't know the details of how to do this).

See http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html and begin reading
about halfway down at "Video Display Card" for more details and
specifics, but what's going to be best for you is a video output card
providing analog NTSC composite video on an RCA jack (or BNC, then you
simply need a BNC to RCA adapter). You'll also need an appropriate
input card for taking in the analog signals, but information on that
shouldn't be hard to find in the Myth documentation.

> 3) Any thoughts on a TiVo Series 1 (and _TiVo Hacks_ :) instead?

Sorry, I haven't played around with one, but they have the appropriate
inputs and outputs to make you happy.

> Any other thoughts or suggestions?

Good luck!
If you have further questions about what I wrote, I'd be happy to
elaborate on- or off- list.
~isaac
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