[mythtv-users] Satellite in the US

John P Poet jppoet at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 23:18:56 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:11 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You'll get some obscure programming and things like NASA TV
>
> And lots of religious stations.
>
>> but it isn't going to
>> work with the commercial US providers lineups as they do not provide the
>> decryption CAMs, only the Set Top Boxes (STB).
>>
> Exactly, don't expect to get any cable channels or major networks for
> free. These will be encrypted and to receive them you will have to pay
> for packages and use some type of receiver.
>
> John

Correct.  And if you want HD, you have to use either HD-PVR or the
forthcomming http://pvrcompanion.com component capture devices.


John
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