[mythtv-users] FIOS copy protecting national Fox channels

[David Engel]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:03:54PM +0100, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 16/07/15 22:00, David Engel wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 04:39:56PM +0000, Brian Sanders wrote:
> >>I would be interested in a letter writing campaign.
> >>
> >>Mohu is an antenna I take it (from the quick google search I did).  As it
> >>stands right now, the channels that are being CCI protected are cable only,
> >>so I don't think that is going to help you any.  If someone has some
> >>experience with the HD-PVR stability, I might pick one of those up from
> >>ebay.  I just hate that recording my own shows is getting harder and
> >>harder, while downloading them illegally would be so much easier.
> >
> >I have two HD-PVRs from my Time Warner days.  In my experience, they
> >tended to be pretty temperamental.  A lot of that was probably due to
> >the USB controller on my backend at the time and on the firmware on
> >the STB.  I'm debating on whether or not I want to break one back out.
> >I hate the idea of having to pay for an HD STB (I don't currently have
> >any) just for a few channels.
> >
> Are you slightly confused here? As I understand matters an HD-PVR would only
> take an HD-quality analog signal and re-digitize it; to have that input
> signal you must have a STB capable of outputting HD in the first place.
> 
> Since you say you don't have any HD STB the HD-PVR isn't going to gain you
> anything HD-wise. It /will/ permit you to capture SD quality signal from
> your existing cable box, however, where the option of a cable card is not
> possible.

No, I'm not confused at all.  I said "I hate the idea of having to pay
for an HD STB" as in I'd have to get one and pay for it.  Yes, I could
hook an HD-PVR up to the one, lonely, free, SD STB that I have, but if
I'm going to bother that much, I'd probably want HD.

David
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David Engel
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