MyHD MDP-130 - Page 2

But can you schedule through Titan, or do you have to manually record them like you have to do now with the Fusion?

No you can't schedule through TitanTV because Titan listing uses the cable remapped channel numbers and that data is not exposed to cards like MDP-130 and Fusion QAM that can tune only the actual RF channels.

Cliff,

Since my Comcast system doesn't have the CBS local, I haven't done much with QAM on the Fusion other than see that it can tune in some QAM channels. But have you tried associating the station call letters with the QAM channel in the Fusion control panel? I'm not even sure that can be done with the QAM channels. I just know that when the call letters are missing from my OTA channels, I cannot record from TitanTV with the Fusion.

I don't use Fusion for QAM tuning and do manual scheduled recording of 8VSB only.

Well, if and when Comcast picks up KIRO, I'll do some experimenting. It seems like there'd be a software method of associating the TitanTV information to the cable channels.

Well no MCE support should certainly limit market share. I've pulled my 100 and gone over to the ATI card. The image quality is admittedly not as good, but the integration with the guide, other tuners (including my directv STB) is excellent. MCE extenders and remote displays are proliferating around my house and even the wife is using it now...

Don

Copperbox.com is now offering the MDP-130 for sale, (call for price) I have not called, but someone might be interested.

{Edit - This is for pre-orders}

http://www.copperbox.com/lite/mdp130.php

Sorry, this might be a silly question, but I have never used these cards before and I was wondering what is the configuration for connecting these cards to a DVI display. Is a video card involved, and am I loosing passing a DVI signal through this daughter card.

Thanks,

Foti

Foti,

It is a simple DVI switch (2in - 1out) used on the pass-thru. Unlike analog pass-thru in the past the DVI stays in the digital domain and there is no reduced image quality.

"but the integration with the guide, other tuners (including my directv STB)"

how so? you can't set the guide up for two signal sources, like OTA and Cable.... one size fits all - NOT !!!

For the other two versions of MyHD, Digital Connection had a "Power Buy" that gave a very good group price on the new product. I have no connection to DC, other than as a customer, and I have no info on whether they'll be doing a power buy again. But I'll be waiting to see what they do rather than pre-ordering somewhere else.

I'd be all over that.

Cliff?
Kei?


peace

Wish there was a trade-in . My 120+daughter card will be on Ebay as soon as the 130 ships I imagine.

Don't be expecting a PowerBuy on the release of MDP-130, or ever again.

Wow... that was ominous.

-MP

The price will be "cut to the bone" at release.

BTW, there is still no known ship date from MIT. ETA=unknown and the price is still unknown!

Ah, ok . That's a lot less ominous! Looking forward to it when it comes!

Does it pass all DVI signal wires or just the DVI-D ones?

Likewise, when in "HD" mode (i.e., viewing a MyHD signal and not passthrough), is there signal on the DVI-A wires?

My thought is to add a DVI-A to component video dongle and then I could pass through DVI from my video card and use my display that has only component inputs.

can it act as a sdtv capture card as well? the copperbox website indicated that.

Jeff,

It is DVI-D only.

Yes, but there are better options for analog TV capture. If you must capture NTSC get a card that has on board MPEG2 encoder instead of using Video For Windows and the CPU power.

Bummer, I was hoping they improved the SD captures with the 130 .

Cliff,

Do you know if it will tune QAM on a HRC cable system? I just returned a FusionHDTV 3-QT because it would not even tune analog from my antiquated Comcast cable service. I was planning on buying a MDP-120 as I understand they are compatible with HRC, but would prefer to wait for the MDP-130 if I could tune HD over cable.

Thanks,
arny

Ah, well, it was just an interim solution idea anyway, until I get a display with DVI inputs, but that may be a while now that I have gotten a look at a resolution test signal on my current display: 800-900 TV lines seems to be resolution, so that gives me 1400x1080, which is hard to find in anything cheap today.

nabsltd the main card itself has component output.


peace

Arny,

All MyHD cards, including MDP-130, tune HRC cable systems.

You can schedule QAM with TitanTV in the EyeTV 500 software. How it is done is detailed in the readme if MyHD programmers are looking for tips.

Joseph, can you provide a link to the readme you're referring to? I visited El Gato's site and it didn't jump out at me.

It's available on the software updates page or here's the dircet link

http://elgato.com/downloads/eyetv17_readme_en.zip

Thanks, Joseph! Clearly the EyeTV folks have kludged together a manual decoding of the QAM channel assignments. The problem is that their users will find that they need periodically to repeat the setup process when the cableco changes the lineup, with a frequency that remains to be seen (and with no announcements to their customers, who are presumed to rely upon the STB's decoding, which the cableco takes care of directly).

Nevertheless, it's an advance over the all-manual process that Fusion owners face.