[mythtv-users] Any FIOS usesr in DFW area? (was HDHomeRun Prime)

[David Engel]

On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 09:45:47AM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:25 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> > Are there any MythTV users with FIOS in the Dallas/Fort Worth
> > (Garland, to be specific) area?  If so, I'd really appreciate it if
> > they could run firewire_tester to see which channels are marked
> > copy-freely in this area.  I was going to seriously consider switching
> > from Time Warner Calbe to FIOS with the HDHomeRun Prime coming out
> > soon, but the results Eric Sharkey got for Philadelphia (see below)
> > make me pause.
> 
> It doesn't look like you've got much of a response, at least not on the list.

A friend finally said he can do it, but not until after next week when
he gets back from vacation.

> One of the things that Nick Kelsey said in his interview is that as
> the HDHR Prime units get out into the hands of users, they'll have
> support for the same call-home feature in the original HDHR and can
> send this kind of channel scan info back to Silicon Dust.  They're
> planning to assemble and publish these lists on their web site just as
> they do for clear-QAM channels today.  If you're willing to wait and
> not be an early adopter, you'll be able to get some idea of what you
> might get that way.

That'll be nice.  I wonder, though, as more Primes and InfiniTVs get
into use if the content providers put pressure on Verizon and Comcast
to lock things down more.

David
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David Engel
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