I am in Northeast Florida and I can see the expanded basic digital channels in the clear. I would like to do the same as the OP.<br><br>A small side note, a year ago, I bought a DVD recorder that had a digital tuner. Not only coule I see the extended basic channels in the clear, I could see others' VOD too! On a Friday or Saturday night, I would just scan about 10 channels to see what latest movie was available. It was especially fun when I could catch it from the beginning! <br>
<br>Unfortunately, it is not in the clear anymore, so there may be a trend towards locking everything down. I wish they would just use ATSC tables so that I can use the features of my digital TV!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jeremy<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Dale Pontius <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DEPontius@edgehp.net">DEPontius@edgehp.net</a>></span> 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><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Greg Zornetzer wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> I've just heard that recently comcast made almost all of the expanded basic<br>
> channels available on QAM in the clear.<br>
> I'd like to program these channels into mythtv and replace the use of analog<br>
> cable, since I've heard stories that we'll lose analog cable at some point.<br>
> Also, the idea of recording multiple programs with the same tuner is<br>
> tempting. However, I'm concerned about the channel numbering and getting<br>
> the schedulesdirect to be happy with this. If I change the QAM channel<br>
> numbers (for example 5.1, 7.1, etc) to the channel numbers for comcast<br>
> digital cable (101, 102, 103, etc), will mythtv automatically assign the<br>
> channels to the proper feeds from schedulesdirect? Or will i need to<br>
> individually assign the xmltv id's?<br>
> I'm hoping that others will have dealt with similar problems.<br>
> Thanks for your help,<br>
> -Greg<br>
><br>
</div></div>I suspect that this is regional. Around here it looks as if Comcast<br>
recently removed almost all of the clear QAM. Supposedly they'll give<br>
you a free STB or cable card to get the broadcast channels.<br>
<br>
This summer I got a QAM/NTSC card, (Hauppauge HVR-1600) and recently<br>
started playing with the QAM side. Last night I tried scanning<br>
standard, HRC, IRC, and even monkeyed with the standard table to add<br>
higher frequencies. (Every 6MHz up, and the card won't tune 861MHz or<br>
higher.)<br>
<br>
All I get is QVC. Well, at least I confirmed that the capture works.<br>
<br>
Is this a policy change that may hit my area soon, or an implementation<br>
change in your area?<br>
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Dale<br>
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