[mythtv-users] Channels received over firewire
Kevin Kuphal
kuphal at dls.net
Wed Nov 22 19:20:26 UTC 2006
nik gibson wrote:
> I've finally updated my channels listing and taken out the channels
> that don't come through over firewire. Unfortunately most of the
> channels I want and pay for don't come through (TNT, ESPN, USA,
> Cartoon, HBO, etc...) I'm wondering what's the point if it's this
> hard and in the end you don't get the majority of the channels you
> want?
> Is this just something that everyone accepts or do I have a
> particularity nasty cable provider? I have TimeWarner, if the channel
> availability through firewire is better with someone else I'll happily
> look at switching. I've wasted countless hours trying to get a PChdtv
> card to work, at this point firewire is the only feasible option for
> getting (a few) HDTV channels into mythtv. Unfortunately for me I
> don't think it's going to work if I can't receive 90% of the channels
> I want.
Welcome to the wonderful state of HD in the US. You either get:
1) Whatever unencrypted channels your provider decides to output on a
firewire box if you can get one and get it working.
2) Whatever unencrypted channels your provider decides to output over
QAM on cable
3) Whatever over-the-air (OTA) channels you can receive using an antenna
in your home
All of these generally result in the big three or four broadcasters and
little else. I don't expect this to get much better in the future with
technologies like CableCard on the horizon.
Kevin
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