Sage and HD Support / DirecTV

[mike1961]

Is it here yet and is it easy to use with DirecTV? Will any of the new Hauppauge cards support it? What do I need to change the channels via Serial. Will Sage support it yet in the Video Source setup. What are the options for recording in HD or is it just an mpeg4 stream or something?

Does the Hauppauge DVB-S card or some other one support it? Should I continue waiting? My experience with quality and the older Hauppauge cards have been negative.

Thanks,
Mike

[Jesse]

Hi,

As far as I know there is no way other than the R5000 mod to get Directv sourced HD content into sage. The R5000 does not support (and most likely never will support) Directv mpeg4 capable receivers. Waste of money to do mpeg2 only.

The R5000 mod will work with mpeg4 Dish boxs, but as I understand it there are some playback issues. I understand that the R5000 mod'd Motorola Cable boxs do work quite well. If you are not locked into Directv you may want to consider switching.

There is still no word on the Directv pci tuner announced at CES 2006(?). If it does materialize I bet it will be just as hobbled as the ATI Ocur.

I keep hoping for a component capture card that can compress HD in real time. That could still be neutralized by Directv downrezzing all analog output from their boxs, but I dont think that is too likely.

Anyone else have any info on this? I am hoping for a little good news.

Jesse

[paulbeers]

That's pretty much where we are now.