Recent content by scottrell

If you can find any device in the retail market that records from component inputs, you'd be the first.:eureka -sc

I have a 942 and did the "5 at a time" thing for fun and to test if HDD I/O was sufficient. The 942 is nearly identical to the 622 in this respect. The other thing I thought of that may be different is that the 942 is supposed to be able to tune OTA analog broadcasts as well as...

More accurately, if the CHANNEL is SD, then the recording takes less space. ESPN-HD broadcasts a lot of SD, and it takes up the same recording time as a real HD program of theirs. You may find that different channels use HDD space at different rates, based on the bitrate you get on reception...

It can record 2 sat channels simultaneously. HD is not relevant, the receiver tunes to the channel and records the stream (HD decoding is done at playback). It can record 1 OTA digital channel, independent of the above. That's up to three simultaneous recordings. Independent of the...

The issue we're dealing with here is not what resolutions can or can't be used. It's fairly obvious that the FCC has left that end completely open on purpose, and pointed to the ATSC for "standards" so manufacturers would have at least something to shoot for from a compatibility standpoint...

JoeSp-- It doesn't sound like the FCC wants to get into the discussion about the actual definition of HD. They have blatantly omitted a complete definition of the term and have left it to the ATSC. Now they are bouncing complaints over to the FTC as if they have no role in this discussion...

Where are these channels? Other than Ultra on Voom, I've never seen them, nor do I see any reference to them in the programming guides at Dish. -sc

JoeSP--Do we disagree? I don't recall Fox ever calling it high definition, I do remember vividly seeing the graphic for "High Resolution Widescreen". I just about burned my keyboard at another HD forum about "Faux" thinking that we may have just been loopholed. At the time, the line from Fox...

This is the first I've heard of that, certainly not from any substantiated sources. Then again, how credible are the HD-Lite sources?:p Are they even allowed to down-rezz the LiLs when the cable cos. are not? But HD-Lite is not HD That may be true for you, but I'm paying for an HD product, which...

Did you hear about the Lindberg baby?:rolleyes: 1280 by 720p is HD 1920 by 1080i/p is HD Always has been, ABC and ESPN have been using the 720p resolution for years now. All sorts of discussion points about which (720p/1080i) is better, but not the subject of this thread. You're missing...

TNT-HD has not done anything as far as I can tell. I have yet to see anything on this channel that I would consider HD--it all been upconverts so far--but I've only been with Dish a short time. I have a hard time believing that each and every Voom channel is chock full of riveting content...

The only use of the ATSC standards applied to this issue is the commonly accepted definition of the term "high definition". The term is defined through acceptance of the ATSC standards documentation as a supporting document. This doesn't mean anyone has to broadcast to these standards, but if...

Zilch about ATSC. The attachements (I've tried to find the web equivalents): Factsheet58.pdf--FCC Consumer Facts Attached DTV Factsheet which is a combo of the two shopping guides at dtv.gov COMMISSION ADOPTS RULES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SERVICE I'm getting increasingly annoyed that...

I'm shocked, I actually got a response from the FCC. Not exactly the response I'd hoped for, but a response all the same. I actually received three responses, each with a puff-piece attachment. When the HD-Lite starts being delivered and branded as HD, off to the FTC I go. I still wish the...

The issue would be settled because they couldn't sell it to me, or anyone else, as their HD package. -sc