[mythtv-users] FCC and HDHomerun

[Gavin Peters]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Ken Mandelberg <km at mathcs.emory.edu> wrote:

> It seems to me that the new FCC rule permitting the cable companies to
> eliminate clear QAM means that the 2 tuner HDHomerun's days are numbered on
> MythTV (and other software DVR's).
>
>
With the minor and no doubt unimportant exception of people doing OTA...

- Gavin


> The HDHomerun prime should still be ok, but that means a progressively
> expensive CableCard (Comcast now gets $10/month - $2.50).
>
> Does the IPTV provision in the FCC rule (to satisfy Boxee) offer hope for
> replacing a 2 tuner HDHomerun with MythTV getting the basic cable channels
> directly (including OTA HD channels) off the internet?
>
>
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