[mythtvnz] TVNZ announces High Definition plans

[Steven Ellis]

Matt Poff wrote:
> Another big question is whether these feeds will use some form of 
> encoding which authorised Freeview set-top boxes will understand and PCs 
> won't... in which case I guess it's component out (or optical) to a pci 
> card.  Even then, is  it only a matter of time before  the display 
> device itself (i.e.  the HD TV will need to  decode a stream)?
>  
> In my case UHF reception here is rubbish anyway so it's a moot point!
>
>   
I've been speaking to Steve Browning and the word is it will be plain
vanilla DVB-T. So no issue performing capture on MythTV.

Plus if you capture off an "official" STB you will have to capture at SD
because of HDCP on the HDMI connection.

Steve

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