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

R. G. Newbury newbury at mandamus.org
Mon Feb 21 21:59:35 UTC 2011


On 02/20/2011 11:51 PM, Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 23:20 -0500, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>> At 8:58 PM -0500 2/20/11, Mike McMullin wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 09:54 -0500, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>>>> Not true here in Oakville.  There are about 30+ unencrypted channels available on Cogeco that my HDhomerun happily records. YMMV.
>>>>
>>>   That's good to hear, btw is Cogeco also sending down the analog signal
>>> as well, three tuners are better than two?  ;)
>>
>> Yes.
>
>    Excellent, I'll tell them to blow the digital box out their backside
> then, I don't want the extra Can$4 cost after the first year, it only
> just about does what Myth will be doing, from what they described it as.


Since you are in Windsor, you might seriously want to consider sticking 
up an antenna and feeding it to the HDHR. The rabbit ears site here:

http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php

shows 21 digital channels availble in the area. (I think that will go up 
by 2 or 3 after our digital switchover in August.).

The Canadian OTA site here:

http://www.user.dccnet.com/jonleblanc/Canada_TV_Stations/

shows the present and future station structure. (Kinda hard to figure 
out, due to the duplicate lines. For example, CHWI is analog on channel 
60 at 32,000 watts, may be broadcasting digitally on channel 26 at 200 
watts, and will become digital on channel 60 at 32,000 watts on switchover.

Remember if you put up an antenna, the network channels will be in HD 
and FREE. It's what I do. My wife and I probably only watch about 6 
channels at most, of the 50 odd analog channels pushed down the cable....

Wish we could get a-la-carte cable service...

Geoff.




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