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their nose at their cable provider (Comcast seems to get the worst press).

Good luck!

-- Ken E.

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br>
Asking in ref:<br>
- Tuner devices/cards to work (as best as possible) with whatever Comcast<b=
r>
box and link technology (firewire, composite)<br></blockquote><div><br></di=
v><div>It depends on what you watch. =A0Using the stats supplied by mythweb=
, I see that 85% of what is recorded by my system is OTA. =A0I am fortunate=
 that with a simple bow-tie antenna on my roof, I get excellent reception o=
f NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, and CW as well as PBS. =A0For this majority, I use a =
dual tuner HD-HomeRun which is almost=A0unanimously=A0recommended on this l=
ist. =A0 For the other 15%, I have subscribed to my cable company&#39;s (Me=
diaCom) digital service at a cost of $9.95/month which gets me one STB. =A0=
I did get this to work with firewire, but because of the 5C &quot;encryptio=
n&quot;, the recordings were not 100% reliable, so I bought Hauppauge&#39;s=
 HD-PVR to record the component output of the supplied Motorola STB. =A0If =
you do not have access to OTA (can&#39;t/won&#39;t install antenna or not c=
lose enough to transmitters), you are kind of stuck with the cable company&=
#39;s STB offering.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
- Does HD change the recommendation<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>HD =
makes a difference when it comes to the size of the recordings and how you =
plan to play them back. =A0Most of the newer systems will play the HD conte=
nt in mpeg format (HD-HR) (someone more=A0knowledgeable=A0can probably give=
 CPU specs required here), but you will need a video card that supports vdp=
au to play back the H.264 from an HD-PVR. =A0The mpeg file sizes are about =
3x what the SD recordings are (6 GB / hour). =A0The HD-PVR will produce at =
about half that at 720p resolution.</div>
<div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
- Does trying to make the Tuners and BE remote from FE change the<br>
recommendation? =A0(IR and blasting)<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I use an IR/RF converter to get to my remote backend =
and use the IR receiver from one of my PVR-350&#39;s that I still have inst=
alled.</div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

I&#39;m asking because I&#39;m really unclear what would be most &quot;turn=
-key&quot; and<br>
reliable if budget and pre-existing equipment were not considerations.<br>
TIA!!!!!!!<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Turn-key? =A0That&#39;s not going to be the mythTV wa=
y, but I think you mean what is the best way with the least complexity?</di=
v><div><br></div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

p.s. &quot;screw Comcast&quot; is a very viable answer, but not quite what =
I&#39;m<br>
looking for here... =A0;-)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>From some of=
 the responses on this list, you wouldn&#39;t be the first to thumb their n=
ose at their cable provider (Comcast seems to get the worst press).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>-- Ken E.=A0</div><=
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