No RF Output on S3 - Please read before laughing!

[saharasurfer]

I only have one TiVo (an S2) and since I have no use for its RF output in my living room where my main TV is, I run a long coaxle down to my bedroom and use an IR repeater to control the TiVo from there to watch TiVo'd shows in bed.

Recently I added a Comcast HD DVR (Motorola) and now with a remote A/B I'm able to use that same single coaxle to send RF output from both my TiVo and the Motorola.

hang on ... I'm getting to it ...

This works because when I watch HD on the Motorola, the RF outputs a standard definition picture even while the HDMI and Component Video jacks output in HD. The S-Video output on the Motorola does this also. It's basically a 16:9 picture vertically centered inside the 4:3 frame with two horizontal black bars. It looks fine.

Does anyone know if the S3's S-Video and Composite Video outputs will behave similarly with the tuning and playback of HD content? (If yes, that would give me something I could modulate into the coaxle.)

This is actually not a small issue for me. That being said ... the guide data, program searching, and scheduling capabilites of the comcast/motorola setup is pathetic compared to the TiVo service.

I tried to locate this subject in other posts and threads but my search came up empty. Appreciate any info you can share.

Thanks!

[ah30k]

Sorry, short attention span and lost the topic half-way through the note. I'll try again later:)

[mikesay98]

Sorry, short attention span and lost the topic half-way through the note. I'll try again later:)

Ditto.

[Tico]

According to another post here, Yes it will... i will see if I can find it...

[Tico]

Here:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4360577&&#post4360577

and:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4361758&&#post4361758

[ah30k]

Does anyone know if the S3's S-Video and Composite Video outputs will behave similarly with the tuning and playback of HD content? It sounds like you were using the RF output of the S2 as a sort of pass-through of the full RF spectrum and using that to feed both a CableBox and a TV? Is that right?

Regardless, how were you going to re-modulate the S-Video or Composite (which are a single channel) back onto the RF spectrum (all channels)?

This all just sounds so confusing that there has got to be an easier way.

Recently I added a Comcast HD DVR (Motorola) and now with a remote A/B I'm able to use that same single coaxle to send RF output from both my TiVo and the Motorola. Why do you need an A/B switch to feed RF into your cable box and the TiVo? Why not a simple splitter?

I think I should bail out now, I just don't get it.

[cherry ghost]

The Moto and Tivo are fed into the A/B switch and then a single coax is run to the TV.

saharasurfer,

an RF modulator should work. Is coax the only input on the bedroom TV?

[saharasurfer]

Thanks for all the replies.

Tico's links gave me the answer I was looking and hoping for. Thanks Tico.

ah30k, I don't do anything as complicated as what you were describing. cherry ghost nailed it. I only need to modulate everything to a single channel. not interested in any pass-thru cable signals, just what's playing out of the dvrs so I can watch on another tv.

cherry ghost, the bedroom tv is a bit dated. It has one coax ant. in and a single set of rca inputs. But the coax line already in place is the only practical way I have of getting the signals from the living room down to the bedroom. I'm not sure why you're asking but I'm curious.

Thanks for all the info everyone.