<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Romain Kang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romain@kzsu.stanford.edu" target="_blank">romain@kzsu.stanford.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 04:51:25PM -0700, Kirk Bocek wrote:<br>
> >Note that there may be another opportunity for "free" DTAs<br>
> >in a few months (HD-DTAs in this case), as Comcast starts<br>
> >to encrypt basic cable (the B1 tier) in the SF Bay Area(*). As<br>
> >part of the waiver agreement with the FCC, Comcast promised<br>
> >free HD-DTAs for two years (as long as you ask during the<br>
> >change over), with the price after that also depending on market<br>
> >conditions. So, when you get your notification, decide if you<br>
> >want one/two of those new(er) HD-DTAs "just in case".<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Is this confirmed? Are there finally going to be "HD-DTAs" and not<br>
> just the choice between the full-blow cable boxes or these really<br>
> minimal, analog-only DTAs? It sure can't cost that much to add an<br>
> HDMI port to something simple along the lines of one of these little<br>
> boxes.<br>
<br>
</div>My most recent Comcast bill says my limited basic goes encrypted on<br>
October 13, 2013 (Sunnyvale, CA). So a few weekends ago, I finally<br>
activated the DTA and HDHR Prime, which turned out to be relatively<br>
painless phone calls. For the Prime, I needed to speak to a tech to<br>
relay some info from the Prime's web pages.<br>
<br>
Looking at the crummy SD analog output from the DTA, I doubt I'll use<br>
it except as a backup. If I'm not recording programs in MythTV, the<br>
Blu-Ray player plays real time HD video from the Prime.<br>
<br>
My guess is that it's probably not worthwhile to move the old HDHR Dual<br>
to OTA unless I can get an external antenna set up. Any pointers on<br>
that?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Romain Kang Disclaimer: I speak for myself alone,<br>
<a href="mailto:romain@kzsu.stanford.edu">romain@kzsu.stanford.edu</a> except when indicated otherwise.<br>
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<div><br></div><div>cheers, Daryl </div></div><br></div></div>