For several years, I've been running MythTV with a Hauppauge PVR-500 dual analog tuner. However, Comcast has been moving channels from analog to digital, and they've just sent a letter announcing more will be moving next March. So I'm in the market for a digital tuner.
I ran across the Hauppauge HVR-2250 at New Egg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116037 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116036 http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr2250.html http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HVR-2250 Looks great: a dual tuner with only one cable input, handles analog or digital signals. As it happens, it was also mentioned in today's Boston Globe (page G2). There's a Linux driver: http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?page_id=17 Unfortunately, it only handles digital so far. So I guess I'd need to keep the PVR-500 after all, and another splitter. However, I think this will only handle the clear QAM signals. How many channels does Comcast encrypt? For our regular TV (separate from the MythTV setup), we have a cable box (Motorola model DCT700/US) which I assume decrypts and converts from digital to analog. To record encrypted channels, I guess I could connect my current analog tuner downstream of the cable box. But I think that would only give me one channel at a time, and necessitates double conversion (digital->analog->digital->analog). What's a better solution? E.g. another kind of set-top box that just decrypts? More than one channel? Are there DRM issues with the HVR-2250? Can anyone point to a technical description of the Comcast channel lineup (analog, digital, HD, clear QAM, encrypted, ...) for the Nashua area? For example: for each analog channel, does Comcast transmit a digital version too? - Jim Van Zandt _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
