[mythtv-users] Re: very interested in building my own pvr

[Neil]

Preston Crow writes:
> 
> For HDTV playback, you want an nVidia card.  I use the FX 5200 because
> it's the most powerful fanless card I could find.  It was $52 at
> newegg.com at the time.

Am I correct that the FX2000 has a DVI out that will connect to my HDTV 
mitsubishi het? 

What if I only like to build a machine that will just be a gateway between 
my OTA and HDTV set? Something like the diagram below: 

Off-Air-Antenna on roof---->coax---->linux---->HDTV mitsubishi-DVI port 

> 
> The HD-x000 card does the HDTV (ATSC) capture.  The PVR-x50 does
> low-definition capture (NTSC).  They're completely separate signals. 
> Generally you want both cards, assuming you want to record both HDTV and
> regular TV.

Is pcHDTV-x000 card dependent on PVR-x50 cards when recording HDTV signals? 
I know you mentioned that they're separate. Or is it the software that 
records the capture to disk? 

> 
> And remember that you can only record broadcast HDTV.

Yep, it's ok. It's because, I don't want to subscribe to a service like 
Tivo. 

TIA, 

Neil