[mythtv-users] Determine HD Homerun Prime usefulness

[Greg Woods]

On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 03:11 -0400, Carl Johnson wrote:

> 0x00 = Copy freely
> 0x01 = Copy No More
> 0x02 = Copy Once
> 0x03 = Copy Never (usually pay per views are set this way)
> 0x04 - Content is Copy Once for digital content.
> 0x07 - Content is Copy Never for digital content.
> 
> for mythtv...if it's anything other than 0x00, you're hosed.

I live in Louisville (CO) and have Comcast. They now encrypt pretty much
everything except a few locals that I can already get with an antenna.
There's a chance it might be different in Denver than it is here, but
prepare to be disappointed. The only thing that works here is an HD-PVR,
which records the component output of the set-top box, and of course
still requires you to rent a set-top box. Comcast pretty much sucks, but
the situation would be no better with satellite. Most Comcast set-top
boxes at least allow channel changes via firewire, which for me at least
has been far easier and more reliable than using an IR blaster (which
has never worked on my system due to a "quirky USB chip", which
basically means that the Linux driver doesn't work with it because
something is implemented in a nonstandard way)

--Greg