[mythtv-users] migrating from analog cable to digital cable (Cogeco), recheduling on new tuners and removing existing tuner

Mike McMullin mwmcmlln at mnsi.net
Mon Feb 21 01:58:24 UTC 2011


On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 09:54 -0500, Craig Treleaven wrote:
> At 9:34 AM -0500 2/20/11, Tom Lichti wrote:
> >On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Mark Small <msmall at eastlink.ca> wrote:
> >> On February 19, 2011 22:57:16 Mike McMullin wrote:
> > >>   My cable company is migrating it's customers over to digital cable (I
> > > Unfortunately you'll probably find that your HDHR's don't do any good.  Here in
> >> Canada most cable providers encrypt EVERYTHING. (No FCC, no FCC rules..)  The
> >> only unencrypted channels that I get here in Nova Scotia are audio channels
> > > and a couple of junk channels (CPAC?).
> >
> >This is all true, but I wouldn't discount the idea that they will cut
> >off the analog channels the moment digital goes live. Rogers still
> >provides analog, even though they've stopped selling it for quite
> >awhile.
> >
> 
> Not true here in Oakville.  There are about 30+ unencrypted channels available on Cogeco that my HDhomerun happily records. YMMV.
> 
> Craig

  That's good to hear, btw is Cogeco also sending down the analog signal
as well, three tuners are better than two?  ;)



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