[mythtv-users] HD Homerun Prime with MythTV

[bhaskins]

Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Shawn Asmussen <shawn.asmussen at gmail.com> says:
>   
>> Actually, the new HDHR looks like it is going to have 3 tuners, so
>> for your scenario it'd be three monthly STB rentals you could
>> compare it against.
>>     
>
> Interesting. I currently pay $22 a month to rent two cable boxes. I
> don't know how much my cable company charges for an M-Card but my
> understanding is that most only charge a few dollars a month.
>   
I have been renting a M-Card for over a year, using it in my own DCH3416.
Today ( 08/28/2010 ), I received a letter from my cable company saying 
that as of 08/25/2010
they will no longer allow this and I am to return this card to their office.
Isn't it nice of them to give me a negative three days to watch/transfer 
the shows that
I have recorded on this box?
Anyone who might have been looking forward to a cable/M-card solution 
should really pay attention to this.
The damn cable companies will always go for every last nickel even if it 
costs them the account.
Rampant, runaway greed rules every decision .

My DCH3416 is now pretty much worthless.
The box will not do anything without a valid M-card.
That is what is so pathetic about this.
As I retired EE/CS I sort of marvel at what a slick design the Mot box 
is and then they turn around and lock it all up.

Come on Google, move  in  here and  let us  bury these !@#$!!!!!
> Let's say the HDHomeRun Prime's $250 list price translates to $200 at
> Amazon. If an M-Card is $3 a month I'd make back the cost in a year,
> and would gain a third tuner to boot. Lower power consumption, too. I
> have untrammeled FireWire access to all subscribed channels and so
> would expect simlar openness via CableCard.
>
> I'd lose the ability to use my HD-PVR as I currently do with one of
> the boxes, both for testing and for the smaller files (~2.5GB/hour) it
> produces versus straight MPEG-2 (up to 7.5GB/hour). Also, Prime would
> likely no longer be useful if I were to move to an area with a
> less-enlightened cable company, and definitely would not be useful if
> the condo board in my building brings in DirecTV (negotiations are
> currently happening) and it makes me a great offer I can't refuse even
> at the cost of buying another HD-PVR.
>
> SiliconDust's reputation for making reliable tuners is certainly
> attractive; like Joseph Fry and many others' experience, my HDHomeRun
> is about as trouble-free as a device goes. FireWire has been that way
> for going on five years now for me, though, so I wouldn't gain
> anything there as opposed to a cost or a third tuner.
>
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