Video Format

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taelon721

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Could someone please explain the video (or is it ratio) formats like 4:2:2? And what ones work with a normal FTA receiver like my favs the Pansat 2700 and Coolsat 5000?

I wish Iceberg would get around to writing a book, so I can by it and not have to ask so many dumb questions. :D
 
Yep, it's fun. Want to make it even less boring? Get you computer to export sounds and possibly video to your main tv where your fta receiver is using a graphics card with tv out. It opened up an entirely new dimension to my set up.

I couldn't get my graphic's card sound out to the tv, but picture went ok. For sound I got tired of trying to figure out how to do it with the card, so finally just went and did a long audio cord extension run from the computer's sound card out to the audigy's line in. I only plug in the line in down at the audigy when I'm actually watching stuff off of the computer. The coax going down to the fta receiver from the computer uses an a/b switch to swap from ota antenna to computer's signal. There's a couple of vcrs in the mix too, but with newer cards, you should be able to bypass that part of it and go directly from computer to receiver's ota antenna line in...
 
Yep, it's fun. Want to make it even less boring? Get you computer to export sounds and possibly video to your main tv where your fta receiver is using a graphics card with tv out. It opened up an entirely new dimension to my set up.

I know what you mean. I already have one computer next to my TV that I use to play really old video games with.

I plan on using my main computer with a SkyStar 2 card, to do some blindscanning.

I have a extra computer not in use, that I might use to make a box for watching FTA HD or 4:2:2 stuff that I can't watch on my Pansat 2700 or Coolsat 5000. Looks like all this electronic junk around my house is starting to pay off. :D
 
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