2007-03-20, 08:51 PM
I have a Sony Grand WEGA 42 HD TV.
I Use Cablevision as my TV provider. I understand that the HD channels are encrypted and so the only way to record them is to use my STB as the output to my Wintv PVR 250.
I currently use my PVR to record kids shows, so it doesn't need to be HD, in this case I just put a splitter on the cable line and one goes to the STB and the other to the Wintv PVR 250. This gives me the flexability of watching TV while my PVR records Dora the Explorer or something.
Heres the wierd part if I take the second cable line out of the Wintv PVR 250 and put it directly into the back of the Sony Grand WEGA 42 HD TV, the TV will run a scan and setup (tune I assume) 70 analog channels and I a number of Digital channels. If I change channels I get 2 CBS and 2.1 CBS HD and so on.
So how is my TV picking up these HD channels OTA (which I thought was Antenna - litteraly over the air)
I just put a Wintv HVR 1600 in the PVR and I'm using the analog side as a 2nd tuner for even more Dora's.
Could the ATSC side pick up the HD channels the way my ony Grand WEGA 42 HD TV does.
I Use Cablevision as my TV provider. I understand that the HD channels are encrypted and so the only way to record them is to use my STB as the output to my Wintv PVR 250.
I currently use my PVR to record kids shows, so it doesn't need to be HD, in this case I just put a splitter on the cable line and one goes to the STB and the other to the Wintv PVR 250. This gives me the flexability of watching TV while my PVR records Dora the Explorer or something.
Heres the wierd part if I take the second cable line out of the Wintv PVR 250 and put it directly into the back of the Sony Grand WEGA 42 HD TV, the TV will run a scan and setup (tune I assume) 70 analog channels and I a number of Digital channels. If I change channels I get 2 CBS and 2.1 CBS HD and so on.
So how is my TV picking up these HD channels OTA (which I thought was Antenna - litteraly over the air)
I just put a Wintv HVR 1600 in the PVR and I'm using the analog side as a 2nd tuner for even more Dora's.
Could the ATSC side pick up the HD channels the way my ony Grand WEGA 42 HD TV does.
AMD 64 3800+ Dual Core
Epox 9NDA3I Main board
2.0 gig DDR400 memory
WinXP Pro
256mb Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro AGP Video card
Sound Blaster Audagy SE
10/100 NIC PCI
(1) 80 gig IDE IBM HD - OS and Apps
(1) 40 gig IDE Maxtor HD - Capture / Storage
(1) 160 gig IDE Seagate HD - Capture / Storage
(1) 320 gig Sata Seagate HD - Capture / Storage
LG DVD Writer (All formats)
(1) Happauge WinTV 250
(1) Happauge WinTV 1600
Hauppauge MediaMVP
HDHomerun
Using IO Digital cable (NY)
Epox 9NDA3I Main board
2.0 gig DDR400 memory
WinXP Pro
256mb Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro AGP Video card
Sound Blaster Audagy SE
10/100 NIC PCI
(1) 80 gig IDE IBM HD - OS and Apps
(1) 40 gig IDE Maxtor HD - Capture / Storage
(1) 160 gig IDE Seagate HD - Capture / Storage
(1) 320 gig Sata Seagate HD - Capture / Storage
LG DVD Writer (All formats)
(1) Happauge WinTV 250
(1) Happauge WinTV 1600
Hauppauge MediaMVP
HDHomerun
Using IO Digital cable (NY)