[mythtv-users] HDTV with Comcast

[Jack R Hyde]

Except by april 1st they are supposed to HAVE to enable the firewire 
port for customers that request it. Comcast already briefly, and still 
do in some areas,  had this working. This enables you to get hdtv to 
your computer with out anything more than a firewire port and the 
requisite software, or with a digital vcr. Not sure about linux but 
there is at least one package in beta on windows that is working on 
this. While they will probably dick around and not get this working by 
April 1st or even if they do they will probably encrypt anything 
interesting, I still am nuturing hope.

Jarod C. Wilson wrote:

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>On Wednesday 24 March 2004 14:17, Kyle Rose wrote:
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>>"Jim Wilhelm" <skillz9981 at hotmail.com> writes:
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>>>Very new here to the MythTV realm.  I am in the process of building
>>>my myth box and I have a Comcast digital cable subscription with
>>>HDTV.  How do I get the HD signal to pass thru the Myth box
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>>I think the first step might be to talk to your Congressman.  Under
>>current law, you have no right to fair use of cable transmissions, as
>>decrypting the HDCP signal most likely coming out of your Comcast box
>>would be an illegal act under the DMCA, if you could even find a
>>DVI-in card for your computer and figure out some way of decrypting
>>it.
>>
>>Please feel free to join us: the club of Americans SOL with respect to
>>non-OTA high definition television.  I bought a pcHDTV card for OTA
>>HDTV broadcasts, but it works only with unencumbered ATSC, a format
>>most digital cable providers are unwilling or unable (under contract)
>>to offer.
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>There's a little more to it than that. OTA HD uses 8VSB modulation, cable uses 
>QAM. Most HD tuners only support one or the other, and the only viable HDTV 
>tuner for Linux only supports 8VSB. Even an "unencumbered ATSC" signal over 
>cable isn't going to help you, until you come up with a card that supports 
>QAM.
>
>Long story short, you aren't going to get the HDTV signal from Comcast onto 
>you Myth box anytime soon, if ever. For reference, I have both a pcHDTV card 
>and Comcast with a DCT5100 HD cable box.
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>- -- 
>Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
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