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Definition of HD and SD tv  
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television
  
Useful links  
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'''Useful links  
 
Discussion of various DBTV card brands, Operating system builds/front ends orientated towards mutimedia use
 
Discussion of various DBTV card brands, Operating system builds/front ends orientated towards mutimedia use
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and HTPC configurations '''
  
 
http://www.dba.org.au/
 
http://www.dba.org.au/
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http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?
 
http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?
 
Another Aus based forum with some good freeware apps for viewing, recording, scheduling
 
Another Aus based forum with some good freeware apps for viewing, recording, scheduling
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Home forum of the best freeware app for digital viewing / recoding / timeshift. 
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"Digital Watch II" developed by 'Nate', 'Bear' et al, last ver hosted at http://mediapix-australia.com/htpc/
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If you want a fast starting DTV prog with almost instant channel switching this is the best for XP based systems (also works on Vista)
  
 
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
 
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
 
Media Portal, open source front end for windows based machines.
 
Media Portal, open source front end for windows based machines.
performs better than Microsoft media center editions in most instances
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performs better than Microsoft XP media center editions in most instances
 
(more tweaking /setup required)
 
(more tweaking /setup required)
  
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home entertainment center.
 
home entertainment center.
  
OCAU's wiki page for [[Mythtv]] - with lots of information and details of other OCAU members' setups.
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OCAU's wiki page for [[MythTV]] - with lots of information and details of other OCAU members' setups.
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==More Links==
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* [[Audio Visual]], [[HTPC]], [[Sound Card]], [[Windows XP DVB Tuner Setup]],[[Windows MCE]] & [[Windows Media Center Edition]]

Latest revision as of 17:28, 2 March 2010

Insert non-formatted text hereDefinition of HD and SD tv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television

Useful links Discussion of various DBTV card brands, Operating system builds/front ends orientated towards mutimedia use and HTPC configurations

http://www.dba.org.au/ Basic overview of DTV in Australia, regional coverage maps, more orientated to set top box use

http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/index.php Aus based forum with wealth of info on how to get the best from Microsoft's media orientated versions of XP & Vista

http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php? Another Aus based forum with some good freeware apps for viewing, recording, scheduling

Home forum of the best freeware app for digital viewing / recoding / timeshift. "Digital Watch II" developed by 'Nate', 'Bear' et al, last ver hosted at http://mediapix-australia.com/htpc/

If you want a fast starting DTV prog with almost instant channel switching this is the best for XP based systems (also works on Vista)

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ Media Portal, open source front end for windows based machines. performs better than Microsoft XP media center editions in most instances (more tweaking /setup required)

http://www.mythtv.org/ Linux app which turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a digital TV viewer/video recorder & multimedia home entertainment center.

OCAU's wiki page for MythTV - with lots of information and details of other OCAU members' setups.


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