[mythtv-users] completely new and have questions before I buy hardware

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Fri Sep 5 23:39:03 UTC 2008


Brad Fuller wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Quenten Griffith <qgriffith22 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Also for example if I get the SiliconDust HDHomeRun which is digital and HD,
>> and I hook the set-top box into the Cable in, the MythTV box to the network
>> port on this tuner I should be able to get all the digitial encryped
>> channels and the HD local channels over air?
> 
> The HDHomeRun receives ATSC (over the air HD in the US) and QAM256
> (most cable in the US) signals. It will not decrypt encrypted signals
> (like HBO) so that you can display them. You'll need the cable
> company's settop box for that (and you can record off of the settop
> box in various ways)

But you can only record the SD output of the STB, unless you use the
HDPVR-1212, which has only very preliminary support at this time..

> 
> But, the HDHR is a great solution and many people have them here.

Agreed, I own one.

beww


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