[mythtv-users] No More Free DTAs From Comcast

[Daryl McDonald]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Romain Kang <romain at kzsu.stanford.edu>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 04:51:25PM -0700, Kirk Bocek wrote:
> > >Note that there may be another opportunity for "free" DTAs
> > >in a few months (HD-DTAs in this case), as Comcast starts
> > >to encrypt basic cable (the B1 tier) in the SF Bay Area(*).  As
> > >part of the waiver agreement with the FCC, Comcast promised
> > >free HD-DTAs for two years (as long as you ask during the
> > >change over), with the price after that also depending on market
> > >conditions.  So, when you get your notification, decide if you
> > >want one/two of those new(er) HD-DTAs "just in case".
> > >
> >
> > Is this confirmed? Are there finally going to be "HD-DTAs" and not
> > just the choice between the full-blow cable boxes or these really
> > minimal, analog-only DTAs? It sure can't cost that much to add an
> > HDMI port to something simple along the lines of one of these little
> > boxes.
>
> My most recent Comcast bill says my limited basic goes encrypted on
> October 13, 2013 (Sunnyvale, CA).  So a few weekends ago, I finally
> activated the DTA and HDHR Prime, which turned out to be relatively
> painless phone calls.  For the Prime, I needed to speak to a tech to
> relay some info from the Prime's web pages.
>
> Looking at the crummy SD analog output from the DTA, I doubt I'll use
> it except as a backup.  If I'm not recording programs in MythTV, the
> Blu-Ray player plays real time HD video from the Prime.
>
> My guess is that it's probably not worthwhile to move the old HDHR Dual
> to OTA unless I can get an external antenna set up.  Any pointers on
> that?
>
> Cheers,
> Romain Kang                             Disclaimer: I speak for myself
> alone,
> romain at kzsu.stanford.edu                except when indicated otherwise.
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There are several "youtube" videos on building your own antenna, mine sits
inside beside my TV and works quite well for my signal area. connect with
coax and a balun splitter.

cheers, Daryl
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