[mythtv-users] MythTV in Atlanta

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Tue Mar 16 18:10:37 UTC 2010


On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/15/2010 10:03, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All of those listed stations except for the local rebroadcasts will be at
>>>>> 480i, as that is the limit the DTAs can handle.  If you want HD, you need
>>>>> a
>>>>> full STB and an HDPVR to capture off of it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or, you can get a cable box with Firewire.  I get nearly all of my
>>>> channels in the clear over both of my Firewire-enabled cable boxes.
>>
>> Considering the OP was asking about Atlanta, I figured I would give
>> him my Atlanta experience.
>
> Have you tested whether the Atl-area comcast HD boxes support full HD
> over firewire?  (If I have to go to HD box + HD-PVR I'd start
> considering other providers, whereas HD-box + firewire would be
> a reasonable choice for me)

I get the native resolution for whatever channel I'm tuned to.  I only
have noticed a few encrypted channels - for the longest time, even
CinemaxHD was unencrypted / flagged as "don't enable recording"


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