I've had a PJ / HTPC for a while, capturing SKY+ via Svideo and using Dscaler.
I'm just about to buy a 37" LCD and I'm thinking for certain viewing, I could maybe extract more quality by missing out the analog step and using a freeview card. Really all I have in mind is the F1 racing...
I'm currently using a PBTV100 and an ATI x1600 Pro. I would get a Sweetspot for RGB but with Sky HD looming large I don't think I'll get much use out of it.
So I guess given you can choose an Mpeg2 decoder for Freeview, you should also have the ability to add ffdshow to the chain? Sky+ has the chroma bug, so that is something I could certainly avoid using Freeview HTPC.
I think I remember reading a while back Dscaler team were looking at DVB-T support but it doesn't seem to have come about..?
Is this worth while or would the difference between this and capturing from Sky+ be too small?
I don't have much experience with Freeview, I've been a Sky+ lover a long time but what I have seen of Freeview has really impressed me..(for what it is)
I'm just about to buy a 37" LCD and I'm thinking for certain viewing, I could maybe extract more quality by missing out the analog step and using a freeview card. Really all I have in mind is the F1 racing...
I'm currently using a PBTV100 and an ATI x1600 Pro. I would get a Sweetspot for RGB but with Sky HD looming large I don't think I'll get much use out of it.
So I guess given you can choose an Mpeg2 decoder for Freeview, you should also have the ability to add ffdshow to the chain? Sky+ has the chroma bug, so that is something I could certainly avoid using Freeview HTPC.
I think I remember reading a while back Dscaler team were looking at DVB-T support but it doesn't seem to have come about..?
Is this worth while or would the difference between this and capturing from Sky+ be too small?
I don't have much experience with Freeview, I've been a Sky+ lover a long time but what I have seen of Freeview has really impressed me..(for what it is)