[mythtv-users] Will we ever have Clear QAM WAS: Seattle Times: Comcast to encrypt basic cable QAM channels

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, James Crow <james at ultratans.com> wrote:
>
> I am not in the Seattle area, but this got me thinking. If my local cable
> company left all basic cable channels as clear QAM I would have maybe 15
> channels. Where I am located basic cable means broadcast plus a couple of
> government and nothing else. The local broadcast are already available as
> clear QAM so there is not much difference.
>
> Let me look at it from a different angle. What if the cable co left all
> expanded basic channels clear QAM they would have no way to prevent the
> users with basic cable from receiving the expanded basic channels. I do not
> know how their system works, but I think they need some way to prevent users
> from viewing material they do not pay for. I just do not know where the
> comprise needs to be made.

I subscribe to only basic cable from Comcast in the Chicago area.  I
get 12 channels (Broadcast + TBS + DIS).  Of those, I only get the
broadcast channels via ClearQAM.  I don't know what the problem is but
it seems to work just fine for me.

Kevin