[mythtv-users] NTSC, ATSC, QAM & device clarifications

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi James,

Friday, February 20, 2015, 10:50:45 PM, you wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015, Eric Sharkey wrote:

>> There are some hybrid devices that do both analog and digital, but I'd
>> advise you not to even think about them.  Just go all digital.
>>
>> Since this is Time-Warner, you should first verify that it's clear QAM
>> and not encrypted QAM.  TW is one of the most MythTV hostile providers
>> out there.  They don't like to make things easy.

> Thanks for the input, Eric. I believe this is clear QAM for the following
> reason: there is an LCD TV in a public part of the building that gets the
> same low-tier service the rest of the building does. It has no set-top box
> or other TWC decryption device hooked to it, yet it gets all the same 
> stations I do (actually a few more, since it obviously has a built-in 
> digital tuner and can therefore tune in stations I've lost during the 
> transition). I suppose putting in a call to TWC might help, but the people
> you reach there are usually so clueless that, with a question like this,
> it is liable to become an exercise in frustration management.
> _______________________________________________

The screen can have a build in card-reader!
Don't they have a website?


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