[mythtv-users] Satellite Receiver with ATSC (not analog/NTSC) output on Ch 3 or 4?

[Nick Bright]

Larry on the Dell Laptop wrote:
> Do any of the newer satellite receivers (DishNetwork or DirectTV or ??)  
> have an output on Ch 3 or 4 whose output is in the newer ATSC format?   
> The answer is apparently no from all the sources I've checked so far.    
> Dish technical support was a complete waste of time but Mike from Solid 
> Signal seemed knowledgeable.  He said there is a BlonderTongue Modulator 
> which will take composite video and modulate it on a TV channel as ATSC  
> but the price was approx. $500.
>
> The reason I ask?  I now have newer TV sets that take ATSC in.   My dish 
> receiver outputs the satellite channel it is tuned to on Ch 3 in so 
> called analog aka NTSC format.  This arrives and is displayed on my 
> newer TV degraded in quality.   Since the sets can receive ATSC, 
> wouldn't it make more sense to have the rear panel output on the 
> satellite receiver output in ATSC SD format so that it arrives crystal 
> clear at my new ATSC captable TV set?   This same Ch 3 or Ch 4 ATSC 
> signal could also be picked up by my growing list of PCs with ATSC tuner 
> cards, again without degradation caused by NTSC / analog transmission.
>
> Larry
>   
Seems like you'd be miles ahead to not use the RF output at all, you'd 
be much better off using a regular video output, like the S-Video or 
Component if you have it.

If your TV supports ATSC it almost certainly has  a Component input, and 
any satellite receiver should have Component output. You'll get MUCH 
better picture quality that way.

Sidenote.... why post this to the mythtv-users mailing list... it 
doesn't have anything to do with mythtv....

 - nick
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