[mythtv-users] Time Warner encrypting everything. HDHR Prime with CableCard unable to record anything.

[Dan Wilga]

On 1/14/15 2:00 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 01:40:50PM -0500, Kris Jensen wrote:
>> I was also looking in to a satellite system as well. (dish, direct tv,
>> etc..)  however, I am not sure how they mark stuff ATM.
>>
> I have Dish Network with a vip-211k receiver.  I change channels with an
> IR blaster and record via the s-video port.  There are also composite
> and component video ports, but I haven't used them.  My understanding is
> that with any of these analog video ports, they can't mark anything.
> But I'm not an expert.
>
Dish (and, I'm fairly certain, Direct TV) do all of their copy 
protection at the box level. They output over S-video and component "in 
the clear", since that's all you can do on these connections.

I have two Dish receivers and two HD-PVRs connected with component and 
TOSLINK cables, and the quality is very good. On the other side, I've 
heard complaints from folks whose cable companies compress the video too 
much, to the point where quality suffers.