[mythtv-users] Which is the best HDTV Tuner Card

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 11/17/05, Tom Dombrosky <tbdombrosky at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 11/17/05, Nathan Allen Stratton <nathan at robotics.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Steve Adeff wrote:
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> > > the website never gets updated, the HD3000 DOES support QAM, I've been
> using
> > > it this way for about 2 months now.
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> > > QAM is used by cable companies, so if you recieve your HDTV via a cable
> line
> > > then you would use QAM(most likely QAM256).
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> > You only get local right? I think at least Comcast scrambles all the other
> > HDTV making the new QAM support not worth a lot.
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> > -Nathan
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>  Comcast has more unscrambled channels than Cox did for me.  ESPN-HD, INHD1,
> INHD2, DISC-HD, TNT-HD, and CSN-HD are all in the clear.
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This differs per region..  My Comcast provider used to have ESPN-HD,
InHD1 and InHD2 in the clear, and they just started scrambling it a
month or two ago.

The locals remain unscrambled.  But, those can be received for free
with a decent antenna.