[mythtv-users] Can't simultaneously record two programs with 3 (or 4) available tuners v2

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
>> Comcast told us we had to connect our old NTSC glass-tubed sets to these
>> converter boxes because the network was going digital.
>> We did that.  It seems like the "after" is all the same channels, plus a
>> few other ones that I don't care about.
>
>
> This is important. This means your digital tuners are useless.

That doesn't strictly follow.

> Comcast
> almost certainly gave you what are called DTAs (digital transport adapters),
> which decrypt the cable signal for the selected channel and output an analog
> NTSC signal on channel 3 or 4.

Comcast has been giving those out for years.  You need a DTA to watch
digital cable on an analog set even if it isn't encrypted.

But Gary's right, they are moving toward encrypting everything.
Whether they've started that in your area or not I couldn't say.

Eric