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

[Calvin Dodge]

They're gone from Comcast in the Denver area, too.  I'll be installing
an antenna at my mom's house the next time I'm there.

Calvin Dodge

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:36 PM, 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 10:26:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] All clear QAMs gone in Portland, OR
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> 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:
>>>
>>> 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).
>
> I don't know yet what recording restrictions have been placed on the cable
> channels.
>
> I started a couple of recordings last night, but they were both regular
> networks.
>
> When I get home I'm going to edit my channels and encoder priorities a bit,
> and then try to record some of the extended cable channels.
>
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