[mythtv-users] Switching away from comcast to online streams

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Sun Jan 26 16:34:05 UTC 2014


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:16:49AM -0500, Stephen P. Villano wrote:
> 
> On 1/26/14, 10:08 AM, Andre Ross wrote:

[deletia]

> > For some reason cable does not want you to watch your tv shows at home
> > on your own device and I moved to a area without cable and later when
> > I could get cable it was not worth the trouble.

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> > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:18:07AM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
> > > <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >> Cable:
> > > >> - comedy channel: daily show, south park
> > > >> - History HD (Some documentaries, Top Gear USA)
> > > >> - Discovery HD (mythbusters, some science related shows)
> > > >
> > > > Well, the bad news is Discovery has found reality TV, and
> > > > put any science shows (including Mythbusters) in the TV
> > > > waste lands.
> > >
> > > And the History channel is better?
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDHcbiOfKY
> >
> >     The streaming services offer those kinds of shows too. Some of them
> > are even offered "for free" with a Prime or Netflix subscription.
> > _______________________________________________
> Strange, what cable provider is not permitting someone to use their own
> customer provided devices?

    Comcast. Time Warner.

    Sure. You can work around their lack of cooperation if you want to 
try really hard at it. However, I can certainly see why some people might 
tire of that. Alternatives are available.

> This list is full of users who do use their customer provided devices on
> various cable networks (though, some providers are incorrectly flagging
> channels).



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