Re: [PLUG] HDHomeRun with non-digital, non-HD?

you might be forced to switch to digital. supposedly by 2009, standard analog cable is going bye bye.

that's what i've heard, i have no sources on that i'm afraid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television#Switch-off_time_announced
2/17/09 is the date....but that has slipped at least once before. But Feb 17 was codified into law by the "Deficit Reduction Act of 2005". Hmmm, that must not be your or my budget deficit. ;)

On 9/5/07, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
I'm toying with setting up a Myth TV box after Amul's preso.  I like the
idea of the external HDHomeRun box, but it looks like that's digital
only ( http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/products/hdhomerun).  I have (and
am not going to change) the super-duper el-cheapo $17/mo Comcast
non-digital, non-HD, no nothing plan.

I am not opposed to doing the over-the-air thing, but I have no HD TVs
and no immediate plans to get one.

Can I use the HDHomeRun with my Comcast setup?  Can I play it on a 10
year old non-HD TV with only coax and RCA inputs?

Another solution might be a TiVo Series 1 (and _TiVo Hacks_ :).

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,
JP
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