[mythtv-users] standard vs digital cable

[Lonny Selinger]

I know in my area (Sask Canada) we have digital boxes as well .. its
digital to the box and the out is analog. Just playing around with a
PVR-250 to see what all it would pick up, I can get all my analog
channels straight from the wall, and get all my digital channels off
the out from the cable box ... the only problem is its using their
menuing system etc ... I can display any channel through the PVR-250
tuned to the out channel on the box.

I've spoken to a couple people and they say you can use almost any
digital reciever here and get the higher channels so I'm wondering if
grabbing a digital card (at some point), that also handles analog
would be the solution.

I read that WinTV-D cards should be able to do this but I haven't
hammered away to see what the support uner Linux is ... so far its
looking scarce and not worth it *yet*

--
Lonny

> I agree ... going without a cable box is a whole lot
> easier, but I know that in my area you really can't do
> that if you want premium channels.  In fact, last time
> I looked they don't even offer *basic* cable without
> the box ... the cheapest package includes a box now.
>
> When you do this you do still get all your normal
> analog channels which you can view without the box,
> but there are no premium channels available.  Could be
> a different story for you though, so just be aware of
> the fact that you most likely can't get premium
> channels on analog stations anymore.  At least not
> many of them.
>
>
> --- Joshua Santelli <santellij at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Currently, I have digital cable and was looking into
>> an IR blaster solution to change my channels.
>> However, I think I would rather switch to "standard"
>> cable if that would eliminate my need to have a set
>> top box (cable box) and, more importantly, the IR
>> blaster.  (it's also cheaper)
>>
>> Will the cheap TV tuner card I have (ATI Wonder VE)
>> work with all of the cable channels including
>> "premium" channels?  The cable company (Time Warner)
>> mentioned that if I got the HBO package that I would
>> need to have _their_ cable box, not just a "cable
>> ready" TV.
>>
>> Anything else I should be aware of when making this
>> decision?
>>
>>
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