[mythtv-users] Firewire and 5c

[Phil Bridges]

On 4/11/07, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 4/11/07, William Munson <william_munson at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Phil Bridges wrote:
> > > On 4/10/07, Chris Funk <cfunk30myth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> I also have an Avermedia A180 hd card.  Shouldn't it be able to pick up
> all
> > >> the digitial channels if there is no 5c as well?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's a good question.  Is there any reason a QAM tuner card wouldn't
> > > pick up channels that you could get over firewire through a cable box?
> > >
> > That is correct. Any ATSC/QAM tuner will be able to capture non 5c
> streams.
> >
>
> I don't think so.   I have both HD-3000 and HDHomeRun tuners, and was not
> able to capture any of the premium digital channels I subscribed to.  I
> *had* to use one of Comcast's cable boxes hooked up via firewire for those
> channels.
>
> I was able to capture my "local" HD channels from Comcast via my tuners, but
> nothing else.
>
> John
>

Interesting.  Which premium channels did you recieve via FW?