Re: ATSC modulators

[G. Morgan <no_em@xxxxxxxxxx>]

beaver wrote:

>My cable TV operator (Verizon FIOS) is going all digital.  This means
>that I will need to switch to the digital TV tuner set top boxes.  In
>order to still see the in-house TV sources (camers, DVD players, PCs,
>etc), I would need a digital (ATSC) modulator.

ATSC modulator is an oxymoron.  Depending on what output you use for the FIOS
set-top-box (STB) either RF, component, or HDMI will decide how to inject your
signals.  Assuming you are going to use the RF (Coax) output of the STB you
can use the same analog modulators you already own.  If you use the HDMI or
component outputs of the STB to the input of the TV you'll probably just need
to use another component level input on the TV to see the other sources.  This
is especially true if the FIOS STB uses HDCP (which I wouldn't know).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

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