<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Craig Huff <huffcslists@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, July 12, 2010 6:00:06 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users] How to best deal with Comcast's "Improved" Lineup?<br></font><br>
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Craig Huff <<a ymailto="mailto:huffcslists@gmail.com" href="mailto:huffcslists@gmail.com">huffcslists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I have been skimming the threads about Comcast channel lineup changes<br>> in the past, but now it's my turn, sigh.<br>><br>> snip...<br>><br><br>To sum up feedback received, it looks like the most reliable way to<br>get channels other than local origination / OTA broadcast channels is<br>to rent set-top boxes from the provider, use IR blasters to control<br>them, and feed their outputs into the video capture device(s) of<br>choice, either SD ones like the PVR-500s, or the HD-PVR. It doesn't<br>appear to matter whether the source is a local cable company or one of<br>the satellite TV providers, so it's just a matter of who's got the<br>least expensive package that has the channels desired.<br><br>In other words, I'll be shelling out more cash per month to get what
I<br>had now that they've "improved" the lineup. Sigh.<br><br>Thanks for the feedback.<br><br>Craig.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a></span><br><br>Craig,<br><br>You should double check with comcast, i just went through the digital change and they provided a converter kit free of charge. This included either 3 DTA's or 2 DTA'a and 1 STB (can handle OnDemand).<br></div></div>
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