[mythtv-users] Comcast Set-Top Box and OSD

[Ronald Frazier]

> Comcast in Boston makes you use their box since all the channels are
>  digital, which means that I definitely have to use a set-top box to
>  control my channels (right?).

Yeah, they are doing that in some areas, and it absolutely sucks. Just
one of the many reasons I hate comcast. I'm glad WOW hasn't followed
suit.


>  I'm curious though: when I hook my Mythbox up to my set-top box and
>  change the channel to start a recording or whatever, won't the OSD
>  from the Motorola box be recorded onto the Mythbox recording?  Is
>  there any way around this?

It's been years since I had a cable box, but when I did and had it
hooked up to my TiVo, I found that having TiVo send an enter key after
the digits would make it go away immediately. If not enter, maybe a
clear/escape key will do the same for your box. If so, then you should
be able to program the channel change script to send the signal after
changing.

-- 
Ron