[mythtv-users] what exactly can you record in QAM mode?

[John Drescher]

> To put it another way, if I wanted to watch Digital (QAM) channels from my
> cable provider and didn't have a MythTV, I'd need to rent a box from them.
> Is that box switching between NTSC and QAM as I go from normal to digital
> channels or are all channels being transmitted in QAM while channels 1-120
> are ALSO transmitted in NTSC.
>
If you currently have an HD TV with a digital tuner and no cable card
(or cable box) the digital channels you pickup on your TV will be what
you see via QAM in Myth. I would assume that there is not much overlap
between the channels available on analog and digital except for the
unencrypted QAM channels. Also the unencrypted channels are usually
available to everyone that has more than the lowest teer analog cable
so you probably do not need a digital package to see them. And on top
of that if you do get a digital package it probably will not increase
the number of unencrypted channels.

John