On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Fred Squires <<a href="mailto:fsquires@gmail.com">fsquires@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Eric Mesa <<a href="mailto:ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com">ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> My brother's going to be moving into an apartment with FiOS and wanted my<br>
>> advice as to how well mythtv would work in such a setup. Can you just plug<br>
>> it directly into the myth box? Does it need to be connected to the STB and,<br>
>> if so, does that mean to watch 1 channel while you record another, do you<br>
>> need 2 STBs?<br>
><br>
> It depends on what hardware your brother has.<br>
><br>
> What you get straight off the coax from FIOS is analog signals for channels<br>
> below 50 (*) and digital QAM equivalents for those. As well, you get<br>
> digital QAM for the HD network (OTA) shows. All channels 50 and above<br>
> (except for the noted HD ones) and non-network HD are encrypted and cannot<br>
> be obtained from the raw coax. You can use a splitter to use the coax as<br>
> input to both an analog card PVR-500/150/etc and a QAM card. No STB<br>
> required.<br>
><br>
> With a STB, you get access to 50 and above, but you are also tied to the<br>
> STB's tuner, and you can't get any of the HD as HD (just the downscaled<br>
> version, at least until support for the new Hauppauge card is supported).<br>
><br>
> Also there is a firewire option if you have the HD STB, and it is similar to<br>
> the straight coax.<br>
><br>
> In my setup, I have several splitters, and the coax goes to a PVR-500, an<br>
> avermedia QAM tuner, and the STB. The s-video out of the STB also goes to<br>
> the PVR-500.<br>
><br>
> -Jerry<br>
><br>
> * Verizon says it will stop providing all analog signals in the near future,<br>
> and in some markets this may already have happened.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Interesting, a friend of mine, who has fios, claims that he gets all<br>
of the digital stations unencrypted, except for the premium channels<br>
(HBO, etc...) and the pay per view channels. He tested it with an HD<br>
Tivo before he got his cable card(s).<br>
<font color="#888888"></font></blockquote><div><br>I admit it's been a while since I tested to see if any encryption has changed, so what I was saying applies as of maybe a year ago. How recently did your friend do his test, and where is he located? I'm in the Philadelphia area.<br>
<br>-Jerry<br></div></div><br>