[mythtv-users] HDTV: channel num versus program id (off-topic response)

[John Sturgeon]

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John Patrick Poet wrote:

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| I have been using a pcHDTV HD-2000 card with Myth for seven months.
|  It works extremely well.
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| A few months ago, my local WB & UPN stations gave up some of their
| digital bandwidth to USDTV (an over-the-air "cable" company").
| When this happened, I suddenly could no longer tune in those
| channels using my HD-2000 card.
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| Stream contains 6 total program(s). Stream contains 6 valid
| program(s). Program 18: 99-9 HGTV: Video (MPEG-2), language = eng
| Audio (Dolby AC-3), language = eng Program 15: 99-6 FOOD: Video
| (MPEG-2), language = eng Audio (Dolby AC-3), language = eng Program
| 12: 99-3 ESPN2: Video (MPEG-2), language = eng Audio (Dolby AC-3),
| language = eng Program 11: 99-2 ESPN: Video (MPEG-2), language =
| eng Audio (Dolby AC-3), language = eng Program 10: 99-1 USDTV:
| Video (MPEG-2), language = eng Audio (Dolby AC-3), language = eng
| Unknown (0x0b) Unknown (0x0b) Program 2: 50-1 KASY-DT: Video
| (MPEG-2), language = eng Audio (Dolby AC-3), language = eng Audio
| (MPEG-2), language = eng Unknown (0x0b)
|
wow.... Completely off-topic response, but how cool is that?  It had
never occurred to me that cable/sat companies could/would pump their
signals OTA once Digital TV becomes pervasive.  What are the logistics
of decoding those shows?  I'm assuming they must provide a proprietary
receiver.  Are they encrypted over the air?

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John Sturgeon <><

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