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| + | <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>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 | ||
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| + | '''Useful links | ||
| + | Discussion of various DBTV card brands, Operating system builds/front ends orientated towards mutimedia use | ||
| + | and HTPC configurations ''' | ||
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http://www.dba.org.au/ | http://www.dba.org.au/ | ||
Basic overview of DTV in Australia, regional coverage maps, more orientated to set top box use | Basic overview of DTV in Australia, regional coverage maps, more orientated to set top box use | ||
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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. | ||
| + | "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 | + | performs better than Microsoft XP media center editions in most instances |
(more tweaking /setup required) | (more tweaking /setup required) | ||
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Linux app which turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a digital TV viewer/video recorder & multimedia | Linux app which turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a digital TV viewer/video recorder & multimedia | ||
home entertainment center. | home entertainment center. | ||
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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== | ||
| + | * [[Audio Visual]], [[HTPC]], [[Sound Card]], [[Windows XP DVB Tuner Setup]],[[Windows MCE]] & [[Windows Media Center Edition]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:28, 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.