[mythtv-users] ComCast Digital w/pcHDTV3000, 5500

[Ben Kamen]

In preparation for Comcast thumping most stuff analog to make room for more digital,

I'm getting ready to use my ComCast OTA rebroadcast and am wondering what others have done so I can avoid the trial and error myself.

I have a subscription to SchedulesDirect.

I've scanned the band and found the OTA channels are actually labelled and that they have others like TBS and WGN available (for now) also digital. But a little experimenting shows that the SchedulesDirect lineup for comcast digital in my area doesn't correlate to those non-local channels (that I can tell).

Also, my local channels come in 2 formats. What looks like SD and then the HD variants on a 2xx channel number.

(so local channel 3-1 WCIA is also available on 203-1

and 23-1 WBIU is also on 223-1 WBIU.

The "other" channels like TBS are noted in the channel scan numbered as 109#4, 109#5, 109#0 and so on.

So I'm curious what others have done that they've found optimal.

I know we've had the discussion recently about channels being marked HD when they're really SD because of SchedulesDirect infomation not knowing the different or some-such.

Thanks,

   -Ben