[SGVLUG] Myth TV HD and Satillite TV

[Christopher Smith]

On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 15:57 -0800, Michael Proctor-Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > So, I'm wonder how much one can
> > expect to spend, and what is needed
> > to record HD TV from Satellite?
> > ( direct TV )
> >
> > do I need a special TV tuner card?
> 
> Currently the only way to record satellite in HD is haugppauge HD PVR,
> which is last time I checked alpha quality linux drivers.
> Cool piece of hardware the encodes component video to h.264. I think
> it is around $200.

Ick, that means the signal is getting converted to analog and then back
to digital right?

--Chris