For most people this is not an option. I have time warner myself, there's no U-Verse, Verizon FiOS packages or Comcast out here, despite 100k pop. I'm loathing the day analog is gone, as I lose an investment in two tuners which don't do clear QAM. I don't exactly follow what is moving this deal except for releasing a segment of the frequency spectrum for some new corporation to eat up. It really means nothing for the consumer except more costs. The only option when the time comes is to have a Windows Media Center PC around, since DRM is one of the several hidden features providers will surely love once everyone is forced into this switch with no way back.
James On Jun 21, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote: >> >> What cable boxes still being manufactured support >> Firewire? It seems >> that the industry has resoundingly discarded Firewire >> for this >> purpose. >> > > All the Motorola DCH/DCT DVR's that Comcast uses have Firewire. I > think they also have a non-dvr model that is not available in my > area (but rents for nearly the same price as the dvr). > > Its the only way to get encrypted QAM into mythtv without an analog > capture. I use the HDHomerun for clear QAM. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20080621/95fa9824/attachment.html>
