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The future of HTPC after analog shutoff

 
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The future of HTPC after analog shutoff
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2008-01-26, 05:51 PM
So what about the digital to analog converter boxes that the government is offering coupons for? Will using one of them allow me to use my analog tuner just as I do now?
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2008-01-26, 06:08 PM
Remember this shutoff only applies to over the air broadcasts, not analog cable transmissions. Analog cable signals will shutdown a few years later.

Quote:So what about the digital to analog converter boxes that the government is offering coupons for? Will using one of them allow me to use my analog tuner just as I do now?
No, not in exactly the same way as you do today. It'll most likely be like a simple set top box, so you'd need an IR Blaster to tell the converter box to change channels, and would need an extra second or so to change channels.

For a home theatre PC setup you'd be better of using an ATSC capable tuner (like HVR1600/HVR1800). This way you'd cut out the hassle of having to control an extra box, plus you'd get the full high def signal.
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2008-01-26, 10:03 PM
sub Wrote:No, not in exactly the same way as you do today. It'll most likely be like a simple set top box, so you'd need an IR Blaster to tell the converter box to change channels, and would need an extra second or so to change channels.

Dang. I hadn't really anticipated that.

So far as I know, no one has mpeg4 hardware encoders anymore either. I'm going to miss my tv402u.
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