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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hmmm I think if anyone can predict the
future of television in 2 years they would be out doing it. (Fios-Sat?-Apple?
White band pirate signals?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>To be honest I think a lot will change in
two years so enjoy your Mythbox until then and don’t worry as you’ll
always be able to ship it off to Elbonia (or use everything apart from the
tuner as a really basic server of some kind).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>joe.white@wachovia.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 1 June 2007 3:06 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [mythtv-users] Is the
Digital Future bleak?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>My neighbor has recently gotten a high dev TV, so now
we are considering it as well. Envy is a nasty thing, but what can you
do? So, I have been reading thru the wiki and various HD threads in order
to figure out what adjustments would need to be made to our current MythTV
setup. </span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Now
I am wondering if its something that I really want to pursue. From what I
can gather, the HD tuners can only receive unencrypted channels, of which there
are a handful (less than 10) in most areas, usually only Discovery and the OTA
channels. Further there is no guarantee, in fact it is likely, that these
channels will be encrypted in the next few years.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>So,
in two years, when we all go digital, I will be forced to place my MythBox
(lovingly) into my storage closet and rent a DVR from
Time-Warner-Microsoft-Jiffy-Lube.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Is
this an accurate assessment of the situation?</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Bleak.</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>jw</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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