[mythtv-users] Comcast rendering my HDHR useless

Johnny Russ jruss at mit.edu
Tue Nov 11 01:25:12 UTC 2008


On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com>wrote:

>
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Johnny Russ wrote:
>
> > Nahh, I understand your point but you're unfortunately incorrect on
> > this one.....the electric company doesn't care at all how long I take
> > to burn 3kWh. Whether I burn it in one day or ten they charge me the
> > same amount. That's how they charge. They bill me at the end of the
> > month, so *they* put a time frame on it for the sake of billing
> > purposes but they don't care a bit how fast I burn the actual power.
> >
> > However, the discussion was about whether one machine is more
> > efficient than another, not about how the power company measures
> > your bill.
>
> Actually, the conversation was about using an HD HomeRun with Comcast.
>

Very good point.
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