[mythtv-users] Comcast / San Francisco and pcHDTV 3000

[Deyan Bektchiev]

Meatwad wrote:
> If you DO have a noise problem, an amp will only make tuning worse if 
> not impossible. Verify and solve any noise issues before adding any 
> gain. 1st--Inspect analog cable channels for noise. 2nd--Find the coax 
> coming from the cableco. Feed that directly to the ANT in on a TV. 
> Inspect the analog channels again. You may see an improvement (less 
> noise). If you do, your cabling needs to be redesigned, repaired and/or 
> replaced. If not, the cableco needs to fix a compromised termination nearby.
>   
You are pretty much describing what I did and I've had several Comcast 
technicians come to my place and all of them so far claim that they've 
never been or not follow up.

The only solution all of them proposed was to change my existing cable 
box with one that would convert the QAM signal for the TV (Motorola 
DCT700) but nothing close to fixing the real issue with the noise. Of 
course this does nothing to fix my PVR-500 tuning directly these 
channels and the box cannot be controlled via RS-232 anyway, so it's not 
a fix for me.

I think that they just don't want to spend any more money fixing analog 
channels since everything is going digital soon and they'd hate to 
"waste" any money on something that will only be used 1-2 years.

I had another technician come today and he also promised to follow up 
with "the network people" but I'm not holding my hopes very high on them 
resolving my problem...

Dejan