[mythtv-users] Clear QAM and PVR 1250

Andrew Robinson awrobinson-ml at nc.rr.com
Thu Jul 10 03:08:44 UTC 2008


steve wrote:
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> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>> I bought a Hauppauge PVR 1250, dropped it in a Windows box, and hooked
>> it up to the cable (Time-Warner, no box). The auto search feature says
>> it finds no digital channels. Last night we bought a 26 in Sony Bravia.
>> I plugged that into the cable (again no box), and it found something
>> like 50 digital channels. I am hoping someone with much more experience
>> in these things could tell if I'm likely doing something wrong with the
>> PVR 1250, or if there is something different about the tuner in the Sony
>> that allows it to pick up the digital channels.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Andrew Robinson
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> Its only going to find the unencrypted channels.   Depending on your
> cable provider that may very well be what you can get.  nothing.  or,
> you could be like me, in my area of NY, I can get 3. 
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So is the Sony TV  decrypting the channels when the PVR1250 is not?



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