[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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