[mythtv-users] (US) Goodbye to unencrypted QAM...
Eric Sharkey
eric at lisaneric.org
Thu Aug 27 13:38:23 UTC 2009
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:26 PM, jedi<jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> I thought the usefulness of QAM was pretty much dead anyways.
>
> There's never been much that the cable companies were required
> to put on QAM anyways. Most often, you're just getting degraded
> versions of what you can get with an antenna anyways.
Hardly.
According to AntennaWeb, if I wanted to get all of the major networks
(ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS) I would need to get a large directional
antennal with preamp. I'd either need to motorize this, or get
multiple antennas pointing in different directions. (Mostly either
towards New York or Philadelphia). At best they list 23 channels in
total, some of which are duplicates from multiple cities.
By contrast, here's what scte65scan spits out for me as available in
clear QAM from Comcast:
2 88.2 4 C-SPAN
3 80.8 4 KYW
4 80.6 4 WPSG
5 79.5 4 WNYW
6 80.4 4 WPVI
7 79.1 4 WABC
8 52.9 4 COMCAST NETWORK TCN
9 80.3 4 WPHL
10 80.1 4 WCAU
11 88.4 4 DISCOVERY HEALTH NETWORK
12 80.5 4 WHYY
13 79.4 4 WNET
15 80.9 4 WUVP
16 103.1 4 QVC
18 79.10 4 WGTW
19 80.7 4 WFMZ
20 87.12 4 TV-GUIDE PREVUE
21 87.7 4 TBS
23 79.8 4 WNJN
24 79.11 4 WPPX
25 79.9 4 WNYE
26 80.10 4 MERCER COUNTY COLLEGE
27 80.11 4 COMMUNITY ACCESS
28 80.12 4 LOCAL ACCESS/GAVEL TO GAVEL
29 80.2 4 WTXF
30 87.6 4 HEADLINE NEWS
32 87.4 4 CNN
33 87.2 4 CNBC
34 52.11 4 MSNBC
35 31.10 4 ABC FAMILY
36 53.6 4 NICKELODEON
37 52.3 4 ANIMAL PLANET
38 53.10 4 THE LEARNING CHANNEL
39 53.2 4 TV LAND
40 53.12 4 USA NETWORK
41 53.3 4 COMEDY CENTRAL
42 52.5 4 A&E
43 88.11 4 E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION
44 52.10 4 MSG
45 53.8 4 ESPN
46 52.1 4 ESPN2
47 52.8 4 THE GOLF CHANNEL
48 31.4 4 SPEEDVISION
49 53.7 4 YES Network
50 31.8 4 COMCAST SPORTSNET
51 31.1 4 LIFETIME
54 52.4 4 FOOD NETWORK
55 52.6 4 HGTV
56 52.7 4 THE HISTORY CHANNEL
57 79.12 4 HSN
58 53.11 4 VH-1
59 53.4 4 MTV
60 53.1 4 BET
61 31.5 4 SPIKE TV
62 52.12 4 NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY
63 87.3 4 DISCOVERY CHANNEL
64 88.1 4 AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS
65 31.12 4 FOX NEWS CHANNEL
66 87.10 4 SYFY CHANNEL
67 87.8 4 TNT
68 87.9 4 CARTOON NETWORK
69 31.6 4 STYLE
70 87.11 4 THE WEATHER CHANNEL
71 31.3 4 BRAVO
72 52.2 4 FX
73 31.9 4 SPORTSNET NY
74 31.2 4 VERSUS
75 31.7 4 MSG Plus
96 103.7 4 DISNEY CHANNEL
100 102.12 4 TV-GUIDE PREVUE
103 76.7 4 BLOOMBERG
104 91.8 4 C-SPAN 2
105 103.12 4 C-SPAN 3
118 31.6 4 STYLE
119 108.9 4 LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK
126 87.9 4 CARTOON NETWORK
137 102.10 4 HALLMARK CHANNEL
138 88.1 4 AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS
169 88.7 4 TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
177 52.7 4 THE HISTORY CHANNEL
184 103.8 4 JEWELRY TV
187 53.9 4 TRU TV
190 87.1 4 LEASED ACCESS
246 13.4 4 WPVI-WEATHER ABC
248 13.5 4 WCAU-WEATHER NBC
249 13.6 4 WCAU-UNIVERSAL SPORTS NBC
250 113.3 4 WPHL-DT THIS TV
251 88.10 4 WFPA
253 79.3 4 WNBC
254 79.6 4 WPIX
255 79.7 4 WWOR
256 79.2 4 WCBS
257 116.3 4 WHYY Y ARTS PBS
258 116.4 4 WHYY Y INFO PBS
259 117.6 4 WNET-Kids Thirteen
260 117.5 4 WNET V-ME
261 76.2 4 WNJN-DT
262 76.3 4 WNJN-DT2
282 103.8 4 JEWELRY TV
283 103.5 4 SHOPNBC
287 89.2 4 DAYSTAR
290 90.10 4 TBN
291 89.7 4 EWTN
612 88.10 4 WFPA
850 100.8 4 GAVEL TO GAVEL
851 76.6 4 SPORTS OVERFLOW
906 95.11 4 DTA INFO CHANNEL
3000 53.15 4 TVWorks InBand Channel
I'll be pretty annoyed if they start encrypting most of these channels again.
Eric
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