[mythtv-users] HD Homerun questions

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>
>>> To anyone who owns an HDHR I understand that it only tunes/decodes
>>> unencrypted streams, but I'm wondering how many of those there are in
>>> the Bay Area. (Or elsewhere) The Comcast web page lists about 75 or
>>> so
>>> (rough count by eye) channels in HD. Some of them are over the air
>>> local stations so I'm expecting that these are available via the HDHR
>>> but lots of them look like cable channels that I won't receive. I
>>> don't think we record more than about 30% of our recordings from
>>> network TV stations so I suppose I'll only be able to get that 30%,
>>> correct?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Mark
>
>
> Mark, you should call and see if Astound services your area. They
> don't encrypt any of their channels so you can't get them via HDHR or
> even Firewire with a STB. They don't service my street and don't have
> any plans to, but if you have the option, it's a nice one. I know one
> or two people on this list use them and are very happy with it.
>
> -Brad
>

Thanks Brad. They don't today but I'll keep an eye on them.

Cheers,
Mark