[mythtv-users] Comcast DTA's What are you doing?

[Patrick Mansfield]

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:50:17AM -0700, Jonathan Larson wrote:
> I live in Everett, and for me all the analog channels that used to correspond to "Expanded Basic" service (TBS, ESPN, TLC, etc.) are now available as clear QAM. This means that I can record from any of them using my HD Homerun--no converter boxes. I only use my PVR-150 as a backup now....

Yes, similar here in Portland, Oregon.

I have the lowly "basic" service, the cheapest I can get from Comcast, and
now I also get these channels.

I still have not found reports on myth's scan finding these channels (with
a regular QAM tuner, not a HD Homerun), so I've yet to add them all in to
my mythtv linuep. I manually added Comedy Central, and it took quite a bit
of effort. My hdtv was able to scan and find these channels (though
comcast does not give meaningful numbers or labels to them ... ick).

If anyone has a nice solution to scan/find/add these in myth, please post!

I assume Comcast will keep these channels in the clear for as long as the
free converter boxes they are giving away are in use.

-- Patrick Mansfield