[mythtv-users] Cable box always on

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 18:34:51 UTC 2008


On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
<steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:
>
>  >> No, I mean a setup where true analog channels (e.g., 2
>  >through 99) are
>  >> tuned by the PVR-250 directly, and encrypted QAM channels (e.g.,
>  >> 200-799) are tuned by the cable box with composite or svideo
>  >out, going
>  >> to the same PVR-250.
>  >
>
>
>  I understand that you can get digital channels out of coax, but why would
>  anyone get the analog channels out of the coax when they have the set top
>  box connected to the same tuner? Wouldn't you always opt to go with the
>  digital cable set top box? I know it's still technically analog because of
>  svideo, but it's still better than analog coax.
>  -Steve
>
Because we use the tuners on the PVR cards and not the tuners in the STB.

- Mark


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