Just an update - I received my cablecard the other day. I was on the phone with Verizon for hours then and yesterday trying to get the thing activated. In the end, a helpful cablecard tech finally checked my zip code. They put the wrong zip code on my order (which technically matches the area, but is not the same my real or billing zip code which they've been telling me). Once that was figured out, the tech had the card manually activated (required a lot of clicks, each of which took 2-5 minutes to complete). Finally he removed the card from my account, then re-added it, and it activated.<div>
<br></div><div>I'm assuming activation is identical to an HDHomerun prime - my new adapter IP is 192.168.179.234, so the 2650's IP is really 192.168.179.233. Visiting that IP in the browser shows a status page, and I could see that the card was authenticated & receiving signal, but not activated. Once they activated it changed to "success".</div>
<div><br></div><div>Setup in mythtv was easy. I set it up as a hdhomerun, and it even detected the individual tuners (did not have to put in the IPs manually). Nice. I changed the simultaneous recordings to 1 per tuner (is that right?). I then tried "watch tv" - and it worked!!!! I've also tried recording a few short tests, and those work too. Amazing!!!</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have other small issues to figure out now, like channel lineups (I'm using mc2xml), but for now it's working and I'm very happy.</div>