[mythtv-users] ATSC/QAM tuner card recommendations
Raymond Wagner
raymond at wagnerrp.com
Sat Sep 5 14:26:00 UTC 2009
Brian Wood wrote:
> Though several people have indicated they think the days of unencrypted QAM
> may be limited.
>
That has been completely blown out of proportion. The fact that cable
companies can turn on 'privacy mode' on their cheap DTAs means that
extended basic will no longer be available over clear QAM for those
markets. That also got people worried that if they already had a good
number of cable channels over clear QAM, those would be deactivated in
the future. However, the vast majority of people only ever got the
local broadcast channels over clear QAM, and cable companies are
required by law to have those 'must carry' channels available on their
network over clear QAM. That is not going to change.
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