[mythtv-users] (US) Goodbye to unencrypted QAM...
bhaskins at chartermi.net
bhaskins at chartermi.net
Thu Aug 27 14:28:31 UTC 2009
---- Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> 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
ABCHD seems to be encrypted coming out ( firewire) of my
DCH3200 box. ?????????????
The other HD majors are fine, at least for now.
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