[mythtv-users] Non-HD recordings via HD-PVR are huge; can anything be done?

[Kirk Bocek]

Greg Woods wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 10:29 -0700, Kirk Bocek wrote:
> 
>> Although the extended basic channels are being broadcast by Comcast in
>> ClearQAM in many areas,
> 
> So does this mean the cheap DTA's *can* handle decryption (in that case
> I don't see why they didn't just go to encryption immediately), or that
> they will issue different (more expensive) DTA's? I can't wait to see
> how their marketing droids try to spin this as "good for the consumer"
> as they have done with the recent analog->digital switchover ("your VCR
> is now a brick, but hey, it's GOOD for you!" )-:  Or if the DTAs really
> do decryption, they may not even bother to tell us when they are going
> to do this?

My understanding is that the cheap DTAs can handle simple static-key
encryption and that Comcast will simply turn it on at some point. I'm sure
they won't be giving us any warning when they do so.