[mythtv-users] Best Supported Cards

[Barry Fawthrop]

According to Silicon Dust it is QAM256

And Yes I can connect a TV direct into the cable and it has picture
But limited to channel < # 70  through the cable box I can get 100 200
and a few 1000 channel numbers

Thanks

Barry


On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 09:33 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Friday 09 April 2010 09:27:14 am Travis Tabbal wrote:
> 
> > If you want to capture HD from a cable box output, you need the HD-PVR. If
> > you can get by with SD, there are a lot more options. If your provider
> > offers clear-QAM, you might be able to use an HDHR or other QAM capable
> > tuner to get the channels directly, including HD. But clear-QAM is going
> > away in many markets. You could try asking your cable company if you can
> > connect a new TV directly to the cable WITHOUT a cable-card. If the answer
> > is yes, you have clear-QAM available. Note that premium channels like HBO
> > are not likely available this way even if the normal channels are. Your
> > cable provider is really the only place to get the info you need for that.
> > 
> 
> Th Silicon Dust site has information on what's available in various (mainly 
> large) markets. The problem is that cable companies are encrypting so fast 
> that things are changing faster than the info on that site can keep up with.
> 
> Encrypting basic channels (non-premium) is certainly not consumer friendly. 
> People pay for tuners they then can't use, sort of like back when the original 
> "Cable Ready" sets came out and the cable companies made you use their 
> converter (and pay rent for it).
> 
> Recent court decisions are trending in the cable operator's favor, even to the 
> point of allowing them to interfere with alternatives. Complain to your 
> lawmakers.
> 
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