[mythtv-users] All clear QAMs gone in Portland, OR

[Mike Rice]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Stefan Jones <stefan_jones at comcast.net>wrote:

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> *From: *"Mike Rice" <mikerice1969 at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:45:42 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [mythtv-users] All clear QAMs gone in Portland, OR
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> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Stefan Jones <stefan_jones at comcast.net>wrote:
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>> Well, I got my HDHR+Cablecard hooked up just in time!
>>
>> When I tried the TV this morning the unscrambled digital channels were
>> gone from Comcast's lineup.
>>
>
> Noticed that this morning as well when my HDHR recording failed.  Did
> Comcast announce they were planning this?
>
>
> It was on the cable bill a couple of months back. This is what spurred me
> to buy a HD HomeRun and CableCard.
>


> My two digital cards and my TV's coax were all on the same splitter. I
> attached them to an indoor antenna and did a quick scan. The pcHDTV card
> found the major networks plus a bunch of minor channels. So, I could still
> use that card. I'm not sure if the Hauppague 2250 have as good a receiver.
> I'll do some test recordings tonight.
>
> My TV picked up 24 stations, including the *five* from one religious
> broadcaster and one ANALOG station.
>
>  I have two HDPVRs that handle 95% of my recordings.  The 2 tuner HDHR
was grabbing the clear QAM channels occasionally on busy nights.  I guess I
will try OTA with these and see how that goes.

With your HDHR Prime are all the non-premium channels available or is
Comcast blocking (not copy freely) some channels?  I definitely don't want
to go that route if only the local channels will be available (i.e. what
used to be on clear QAM).
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