That's what I was thinking...are there any other Ithaca NY (or central NY even) MythTV users that record analog cable from Time Warner Cable and happen to watch Lost?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Joe Ripley <<a href="mailto:vitaminjoe@gmail.com">vitaminjoe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Josh White <<a href="mailto:jaw1959@gmail.com">jaw1959@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I notice a distinct problem when recording Lost and only when recording Lost<br>
> (I do not see any issues when recording other shows on the same channel with<br>
> the same tuners, or on other shows on other channels that I record while<br>
> Lost is on). The issues I see include sound dropping out for a second or<br>
> so, rainbow colored interference that eventually becomes gray static, and<br>
> then goes away after a few seconds. When I get the gray static, I get the<br>
> typical static sound you would get when there is no signal present on an<br>
> analog system (the classic "hiss" or "snow" or whatever you want to call<br>
> it).<br>
<br>
</div>This sounds a lot like the Macrovision content protection system:<br>
<br>
More at:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrovision#Analog_Copy_Prevention" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrovision#Analog_Copy_Prevention</a><br>
<br>
Maybe your cable provider is broadcasting a Macrovision protected copy<br>
of Lost?<br>
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--<br>
Joe Ripley<br>
<a href="mailto:vitaminjoe@gmail.com">vitaminjoe@gmail.com</a><br>
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