[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun - Comcast shut off clear QAM

[Mike's JdJ]

On 12/10/2013 11:14 PM, James Orr wrote:
> So it's happened ... comcast encrypted everything.
>
> What are my options?  I guess it's time to upgrade to the
> HDHomeRun Prime? What should I know?  It's the HDHR3-CC that I
> want, correct?
>

I'm an hour away from Detroit and Comcast shut us down this 
month too.

Something to know is that I was unable to scan for channels in 
MythTV with mine.  I had to ask for the channels in Schedules 
Direct before I could receive in MythTV.

Also, I have a Windows 7 PC and was able to use Windows Media 
Center to scan for channels on the Cable Card.  That got the 
installer and his supervisor out of my house.

The HDHomeRun Prime can be shared between MythTV and Windows 
Media Center.  If both are fighting for the same tuner on the 
HDHomeRun Prime, you can change the tuner priorities on MythTV 
so that it starts with tuner3, then tuner2, then tuner1.  I 
rarely use the WMC PC anymore, as MythTV is so much better!

My choices often consume more than the three tuners available in 
the HDHomeRun Prime, but I also have two Hauppauge HVR-2250 and 
an outside antenna, giving seven tuners altogether.  The quality 
of the OTA recordings seems much better to me than the Comcast 
recordings, so the only shows I record on the HDHomeRun Prime 
are cable-only.  And I don't have those damn Comcast commercials 
in my OTA recordings.

My HDHomeRun Prime has a good page [mine is 192.168.100.1] for 
seeing its configuration and status.