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Re: [PLUG] Myth TV, computer hardware store, and TV
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I'm just using my pvr500 with dual analog tuners for now.
cablecard is going to be the way to do it in the future for cable.
hopefully all that stuff gets worked out before comcast moves all the
stations i care about to digital cable.
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:05:51AM -0400, TuskenTower wrote:
> On 10/11/06, Kevin Brosius <cobra@compuserve.com> wrote:
> >Check out the info at their web site: http://www.pchdtv.com/
> >
> >It does include an ATSC tuner, and the newer model does cable/QAM
> >decoding also.
>
> A quick FYI, the cable companies might be encrypting their HD signals.
> I don't know what Comcast is doing. ... I just did a quick search and
> it seems that the FCC might be requiring cable companies to send
> broadcast HDTV unencrypted over their wires with even basic cable.
> I'll take a look at this when I get home and let everone know.
>
>
> http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/107329.html
>
> Hmm... AVSForum might have this information already if QAM is sent in
> the clear or not.
> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=453241
> Ok, it looks like Comcast is sending all broadcast station over the
> cable line on unencrypted QAM. From the ecoustics.com forum, it seems
> that not all cable companies are applying encryption the same way (and
> there is no way for us to stop them from changing).
>
> In any case, I'll try this at home and respond back. I have to get
> back to work now. :)
>
> Amul
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