[mythtv-users] Hauppauge USB CableCard Tuner for $129!

[John Drescher]

> Note that CCI may be set to a non-zero value even on an unencrypted
> channel.  The cable card will block access to these, even though you
> could have gotten them with an ordinary clear-qam tuner.

I have seen that. The cablecard in the sony HD tv picks up channels
that my set-top box blocks and without the cable card I used to get a
few extra unencrypted channels (I have not looked at that recently).

John