[mythtv-users] Basic questions of newb. ( Cablevision)

[Christopher Meredith]

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Misc Things <formisc at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Christopher Meredith <
> chmeredith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Misc Things <formisc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> thank you Charles,
>>>  I spoke with Cablevision CUS and he informed me that by the end of
>>> February CV is going 100% digital and even for basic line-up we will have to
>>> have their boxes? (and , i have no doubts, pay for them). This whole cable
>>> TV  provider
>>> sh%% smelss like a good old mafia. I also was informed by CV's rep that
>>> they will encrypt the basic channels too.
>>> I'm not sure if this is 100$ correct though.
>>>
>>> Let's say that it is . In this situation what would be the best ( after
>>> cutting cabel off :) ) course of action:
>>>  I want to be able to record at least 2  channels and watch one.
>>>
>>
>> You'll need one tuner for every channel you want to watch/record
>> simultaneously. As mentioned, you can use analog tuners to get the analog
>> feed from the cablebox. Another option if you want to get your network
>> channels in HD is to use an ATSC tuner and antenna. Depending on where you
>> are, this can actually give you a better signal than cable. And of course,
>> it's free.
>>
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> Thank you Charles.
> Now i assume that this setup ( ATSC tuner and antenna) will get me free
> channels that are known to be the "Basic" CV package (
> http://www.optimum.com/ratecard.jsp?searchby=corp&corp=07870&serviceType=io&z=07601&_requestid=112439)
> . Correct?
> What if i want to have more channels and no CV's box? can i get rid of the
> box ? if not - what do i need to enable the functionality i talked about
> earlier?


You can find out exactly what channels are available to you via ATSC by
using this tool: http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx

Apart from that, you can plug a TV cable directly from the wall into a QAM
tuner and receive any channels that are "clear QAM," which means
unencrypted. Usually, this is only the channels you can already receive OTA,
usually less (unless you're very lucky). The next level is using your cable
box with firewire, assuming your cable company isn't using a different type
of encryption on those channels (most are). After that, there's nothing you
can do, except use an HD-PVR which captures the component HD signal from
your cable box.
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