[mythtv-users] Advice on Cable/Satellite Providers

Mike Wohlgemuth mjw at woogie.net
Tue May 20 19:58:47 EDT 2003


This is somewhat of topic, but I'm trying to decide amongst various TV 
provider options, and one of the considerations is how well the 
providers will work with MythTV.  Here are my options:

Comcast Digital Cable
RCN Digital Cable
DirecTV
Dish Network

All of these require some sort of set top box.  My experience so far has 
been with analog cable, so I'm not clear on what, other than having 
MythTV call an external tuning script, I will need to get any of these 
working.  I know there is a possibility of using a serial interface with 
certain set top boxes, and I know I could probably get an IR blaster 
that would work with most things, but if anyone has any specific advice 
about set top boxes to get to work with any of these providers, or ones 
to avoid, I'd appreciate it.  We're in Boston, if that helps, since I 
know that some providers use different set top boxes in different areas.

Any tips you might have would be great.

Thanks
Mike



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