[mythtv-users] Comcast Set-Top Box and OSD

[Jeff Clark]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Johnny Russ <JRuss at mit.edu> wrote:
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>  Jeff Clark wrote:
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>  On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:02 PM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Clark <jeff at vacantcanvas.com> wrote:
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>  Comcast in Boston makes you use their box since all the channels are
> digital, which means that I definitely have to use a set-top box to
> control my channels (right?).
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> I'm curious though: when I hook my Mythbox up to my set-top box and
> change the channel to start a recording or whatever, won't the OSD
> from the Motorola box be recorded onto the Mythbox recording? Is
> there any way around this?
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>  You should be able to configure how long the stb osd is displayed. I never
> see it on MythTV anymore, though I used to in an earlier version. I use a
> serial cable for changing channels, might be different if you are using an
> ir blaster.
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> Some people are assuming you have HD, but a digital box isn't necessarily a
> HD box.
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>  I'm not running anything HD (since I have neither an HD tuner nor an
> HDTV), so everything's in SD. Comcast just told me that all the
> channels are encrypted and that I would have to have a box to get
> anything besides local channels. (Sarcastic love towards Comcast!)
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> So I have to use a box, and it's an SD box.
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> (If anyone is IN Boston and currently uses Comcast without a set-top
> box, feel free to let me know - that would be much preferred,
> obviously. Every time I call them up, there's a different answer from
> their support guys.)
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>  I have Comcast in the Belmont (Boston suburb). I just have the standard
> cable setup and I get 70 or so channels with no set top box. When I was
> going to upgrade to the digital package they told me that I would need the
> box to get all of the higher up channels and VOD stuff. They said any TV
> without the box would still be able to get the lower channels. Unfortunately
> I am not sure where the cutoff was. But it would be easy for you to just
> plug your cable straight into your TV and see what channels you get. I
> believe it is most of the channels under 100.
>

Interesting... do you get NESN and ESPN/ESPN2?  These are the biggest
things I'm worried about.

It's kinda sick, yes, but I need my Bruins and Sox :)

I'll try plugging directly into my TV tonight and see how that works.