[mythtv-users] IR Blaster with Spectrum STB

[David Engel]

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 10:34:46PM -0500, Tom Bishop wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 10:15 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 06:03:42PM -0500, mythtv wrote:
> > > On 5/6/20 11:22 AM, Tom Bishop wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     Or you could take the easy route and get a hdhomerun prime unit and
> > > >     get a cable card. I have 2 prime units working on Spectrum, they do
> > > >     charge me $2 per month per card but I have no cable box to mess
> > > >     with. Just an additional thought....
> > > >
> > > If I'm reading the wiki correctly, the HDHR Prime will not allow me to
> > > record any non-copy-freely shows? Is that correct?
> >
> > That is correct and you'll likely find that most of your channels on
> > Spectrum are not copy-freely.
> >
> > David
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> > David Engel
> > david at istwok.net
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > I think that depends on your location, most if not all of the original
> Charter locations are copy freely except for the premium channels, HBO
> etc.  I have been running 2 prime units on Charter/Spectrum on basic and
> all of the channels are copy freely for years now Charter bought Time
> Warner when they became Spectrum and I think the original Time Warner areas
> were not copy freely so it depends on the market you are in.

Time Warner Cable was bigger than Charter at the time of the merger,
and as far as I know, the non copy-freely settings still stand in the
former TWC areas.  Ergo, random Spectrum user today is more likely
than not going to have copy restrictions.

David
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David Engel
david at istwok.net