[mythtv-users] No More Free DTAs From Comcast

[Monkey Pet]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

>
> On 9/10/2013 2:02 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Called Comcast to make a change to my account here in the San Francisco
>>> Bay
>>> Area and discovered that as of a month ago they started charging $1.99 a
>>> month for my two DTAs. These used to be the two free DTA's you got as
>>> part
>>> of the digital transition.
>>>
>> That sort of makes a CableCard tuner cost effective (since as
>> I recall a CableCard rental is ~$5/month in the SF Bay Area,
>> for up to 6 streams depending on vendor of the capture device
>> you purchase).
>>
>
> It's actually even better for me. By not taking an HD cable box, Comcast
> treats my first (and only) CableCard as my free and included access device.
> On top of it, I'm getting a $2.50 customer provided equipment discount.
> Hey, every little bit helps.


I cancelled cable TV and went with netflix/hulu plus and whatever I could
tune to using clear QAM over the cable line.  I know that comcast will
start to encrypt everything soon, so when that happens I'll just mount the
antenna up and do OTA.


>


>
>
>>
>> Note that there may be another opportunity for "free" DTAs
>> in a few months (HD-DTAs in this case), as Comcast starts
>> to encrypt basic cable (the B1 tier) in the SF Bay Area(*).  As
>> part of the waiver agreement with the FCC, Comcast promised
>> free HD-DTAs for two years (as long as you ask during the
>> change over), with the price after that also depending on market
>> conditions.  So, when you get your notification, decide if you
>> want one/two of those new(er) HD-DTAs "just in case".
>>
>>
> Is this confirmed? Are there finally going to be "HD-DTAs" and not just
> the choice between the full-blow cable boxes or these really minimal,
> analog-only DTAs? It sure can't cost that much to add an HDMI port to
> something simple along the lines of one of these little boxes.
>
>
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