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broadcasts. They dont _have_ to send the digital channels
unencrypted... yet. Most companies do send all local channels
unencrypted though.


On 3/20/07, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> Mark J. Scheller wrote:
> > I'm in the Philadelphia area with FIOS TV currently recording on a PVR350
> > attached to a cable box.  This is working OK, but I now have enough
> > conflicts that I'm looking for an additional tuner.  Looking forward to the
> > future, as I will "soon" have an HDTV capable set, I'm wondering whether I
> > could get the HDHomeRun and use its 2 tuners now just to record SDTV
> > content
> > to my Myth (and eliminate the PVR350/cable box).
> >
> > Any input would be appreciated -- thanks in advance!
> >
> > [MjS]
> It will depend entirely upon what unencrypted content your provider
> pours down the 'wire'.
> Content can be delivered by digital or analog streams.
> Content can be SD or HD.
> Some digital content is encrypted and you need a set top box.
> Some digital content is not encrypted (although QAM256 encoded on cable').
> The FCC mandates that cablecos provide the local off-air channels
> through an unencrypted feed (ie: not 'premium content').
> So you will get your local off-air available channels as HD content,
> unencrypted, to the extent that the local network affiliates broadcast HD.
> Other digital channels may bne HD or SD as the cableco decides.
>
> You will probably still need the 'cable box' as it probably does the
> optical to wire conversion required to split out the tv signals.
>
> Geoff
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