[mythtv-users] Cable Card support? Cablevision...

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Apr 9 18:41:18 UTC 2009


On Thursday 09 April 2009 12:05:50 Carl Friedberg wrote:
> on Tue Apr 10 19:02:48 UTC 2007 David Frascone dave at frascone.com asked
> about Cable Card, tuner, or other support in MythTV...
>
> > Or, do I just need to wait patiently until there are HD tuner cards out
> > there with cable card support?
>
> It's been two years, so perhaps there's been some progress in this area.
>
> What would be a good choice to get Cablevision (perhaps HD-TV ) into
> MythTV (I'm a complete novice). One suggestion was via firewire, but it
> is not clear to me how to go about doing this. Suggestions?
>
> I hate to buy / rent a cable / DVR box from Cablevision, but if that is the
> best solution, I could go that route. Would TIVO be a reasonable choice?
> I am guessing not, but I would like to hear new opinions, or, receive
> pointers to the FAQ where the answer lies.
>
>
> What about a TV tuner card? Are there good choices today, that were
> not available a few years ago?
>
> Thanks for any help,

The only way I know of to get protected HD content into a Myth system today 
would be the HD-PVR, assuming your STB has component outputs.

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