[mythtv-users] Urgent question about the pcHDTV 3000

[Chris Petersen]

> On the website it says it only support terrestrial HDTV broadcasts, and
> not cable HDTV.

correct.  each cable provider has their own, often encrypted, digital 
signal format.  the pcHDTV 3000 will supposedly support one of thes -- 
QAM -- at some point in the future (but again, the signal could still be 
encrypted).

> I was expecting to be able to use the pcHDTV 3000 like I currently use
> my PVR-250, and that is as an SVIDEO capture with myth controlling
> channels via serial cable.

s-video isn't hdtv

-Chris