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<blockquote data-quote="2BitSculptor" data-source="post: 272448" data-attributes="member: 65661">For the US you only have to worry about QAM, ATSC and NTSC.If you've got digital cable.... QAMOTA digital antennae ... ATSCOTA analog/ cable analog ... NTSCVideo tape/DVD machines (analog) .... NTSCI have an HD Homerun for OTA ATSC and a WinTV PVR-150 for my VHS/DVD combo machine (and FM radio). I don't watch that much NTSC broadcast anymore and I prefer the FM reception on my A/V receiver, so the PVR-150 gets used only for DVDs I don't have recorded and anything I still have on VHS. I'm still having issues with DVD play on the internal drive of the HTPC (it stutters every few minutes) so the analog drive is used instead till I get the issue resolved. I've already run into channel conflicts when recording 2 programs and need to watch a third... that's why I'm looking into another dual tuner. Adding another HD Homerun would take up the connection for a future client addition, so my alternative is an internal.I broke down and bought a Logitech Harmony 670... which incidentally has Media Portal as a defined device in the Logitech database... which made programming it all the easier. I use the MCE remote transceiver that came with my OS install. I can control all the primary functions of all my A/V set-up with the one remote.... I'm happy because the wife is happy. (I live to make the wife happy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> - she brings home the larger income)Chuck</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2BitSculptor, post: 272448, member: 65661"] For the US you only have to worry about QAM, ATSC and NTSC. If you've got digital cable.... QAM OTA digital antennae ... ATSC OTA analog/ cable analog ... NTSC Video tape/DVD machines (analog) .... NTSC I have an HD Homerun for OTA ATSC and a WinTV PVR-150 for my VHS/DVD combo machine (and FM radio). I don't watch that much NTSC broadcast anymore and I prefer the FM reception on my A/V receiver, so the PVR-150 gets used only for DVDs I don't have recorded and anything I still have on VHS. I'm still having issues with DVD play on the internal drive of the HTPC (it stutters every few minutes) so the analog drive is used instead till I get the issue resolved. I've already run into channel conflicts when recording 2 programs and need to watch a third... that's why I'm looking into another dual tuner. Adding another HD Homerun would take up the connection for a future client addition, so my alternative is an internal. I broke down and bought a Logitech Harmony 670... which incidentally has Media Portal as a defined device in the Logitech database... which made programming it all the easier. I use the MCE remote transceiver that came with my OS install. I can control all the primary functions of all my A/V set-up with the one remote.... I'm happy because the wife is happy. (I live to make the wife happy :D - she brings home the larger income) Chuck [/QUOTE]

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