[mythtv-users] Digital Television In US

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On May 17, 2006, at 15.10, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On 5/17/06, Ivan Kowalenko <ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 17, 2006, at 09.42, David Shay wrote:
>>> Ivan Kowalenko wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, I think you understood the question quite well. This was  
>>>> exactly
>>>> what I was looking for. I guess I didn't realize that those sub-
>>>> channels would provide digital signals that weren't at HD
>>>> resolutions. I was trying to find an alternative to having to  
>>>> rig up
>>>> a digital cable box with an IR blaster for getting digital  
>>>> channels.
>>>> With an XBox Front-end (that means no HD), I was worried I wouldn't
>>>> be getting anything useful.
>>>>
>>>> So, I'm guessing if I asked ComCast for an HD cable box, I could  
>>>> hook
>>>> it up to my Myth backend, and I'd be able to capture the  
>>>> stations at
>>>> 480p, even if there is a 720/1080 signal available?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's also possible that ComCast has the SD variants of the HD  
>>> channels
>>> on the cable in digital forma via QAM.  Most of the DVB-ATSC cards
>>> also
>>> support QAM, including the pcHDTV 3000, most of the DVICO line  
>>> (even a
>>> USB one), and the air2PC cards.  Many cable companies broadcast  
>>> local
>>> channels "in the clear" over QAM, so they are unencrypted and these
>>> cards can pick them up.  That avoids the additional cable box and
>>> IR-controller.
>>
>> Yeah, but part of my problem is that I don't watch a lot of the local
>> channels. I'm not a big follower of Prison Break, 24, CSI, Survivor,
>> Desperate Housewives or much else on the local networks. I'd care
>> more about being able to get digital South Park or Battlestar
>> Galactica than The Office.
>
> You don't know what your missing, The Office is excellent, perhaps,
> dare I say it, better than Arrested Development...

I'm starting to watch The Office (and liking it so far), but a lot of  
the shows I hear about just don't interest me.
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