[RndTbl] Moving from CRT to a HD LCD

[Glen Ditchfield]

On Friday 05 December 2008 13:10:44 Montana Quiring wrote:
> I've been a (knopp)mythtv users for 3 years now.
> We are currently using:
> -27 inch Toshiba CRT TV
> -Houpauge PVR250 tuner
> -Canadian Shaw digital TV
> What we're planning on doing is upgrading to a large LCD TV. Probably this
> one: Sharp Aquos 1080p 42" Widescreen LCD HDTV** (LC42D65)
> http://tinyurl.com/sharpLC42D65

What inputs and outputs does your computer have?

In my case, I connect basic cable to a PVR-500 (equivalent to two PVR-250s), 
and connect the component outputs of an nVidia 6100 to an HDTV.  I'm happy 
with the result.  My TV is an older Sony CRT that does its own deinterlacing, 
though; if the Sharp doesn't do that, you will want to turn that on in 
MythTV.

(My situation is the complement of yours: I have an HDTV, but don't know how 
to connect to or control a Shaw digital box.)

Ars technica just updated their HTPC builder's guide 
http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200812-htpc.ars
and a comment by Optical256, a Shaw Winnipeg customer, notes that "(most?) 
STB's have a FireWire port outputting the unencrypted HD signal ... When I 
called my cable company to ask about it they actually gave me useful answers 
and said that the flag was currently set to enable FireWire output for all HD 
channels except for TSN, but they also said they reserve the right to change 
that at any time".