[PLUG] MythTV + HDHR3-CC + Comcast?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

Last Fall I bought a 2 tuner HDHR3-US when Comcast switched me to all 
digital.  That part of the conversion worked great with MythTV (the 
channel setup was a giant pain, which Matt helped me out with).

Now however, 2 tuners are not quite enough, as I'm getting a conflict. 
I could just live without the conflicting show, I could buy another 
HDHR3-US for $82 [1], or I could buy a HDHR3-CC for $150 until 
2012-09-21 [2].  While more expensive, the HDHR3-CC has both 3 tuners 
and is cable-card ready.

1) Does that Just Work with Mythbuntu 10.04LTS (yes, 10.04, not upgraded 
yet, so mythtv-0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2)?

2) Is the cable-card part worth it?  Does that actually work with Myth 
and Comcast (or FiOS)?  I don't actually care at the moment, but you 
never know...

3) I guess I could also try old-school over-the-air (OtA), but that 
requires an antenna and still needs a tuner to plug that into, so to a 
certain extent I'm back where I started, right?  Or am I missing 
something really obvious?

Anything else I'm not thinking of?

As I write and re-read this, it really seems like it makes the most 
sense to just bite the bullet and buy the $150 HDHR3-CC.  And I suppose 
that frees up the original HDHR3-US tuner for OtA if/when I get around 
to it?

Thoughts?
JP

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[1] 
http://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-Definition-Television-HDHR3-US/dp/B004HO58SO/
[2] 
http://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHR3-CC-HDHomeRun-CableCARD-tuners/dp/B004HKIB6E/
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