Well, apparently I wasn't searching with the right keywords. I switched a few things around and found that, yes, these questions had been asked and answered many times.
So, as punishment, I'll go ahead and post some archive links: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/93176?search_string=hdtv%20cable;#93176 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/77110?search_string=hdtv%20cable;#77110 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/73048?search_string=hdtv%20cable;#73048 If anyone has any new comments on the subject, I'd be happy to hear them, though! Micah Quoting Micah Wedemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > OK, > > I'm sure these questions have been asked and answered 100s of times already, > but > I couldn't find much by searching the forums. Moreover, I couldn't find good > answers searching around the web, either. Basically, I'm totally confused > and I > want to get straighented out before the broadcast flag thingy goes into > effect. > So, these are some rambling thoughts/questions that I am tossing out there: > > 1. HDTV and Cable television > Right now, I have Comcast Cable in Atlanta, GA (USA). I mostly watch special > interest channels (Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, SciFi, etc.) These are > not > Hi-Def, as far as I know. Plus, they will probably be the last to go Hi-Def > (nothing to support this, just a hunch.) So, I don't really need HDTV right > now, especially since I don't have a Hi-Def TV-set. > > But...in the future, I expect that eventually I will want HDTV. But, I will > still want to watch mostly cable channels. So, finally, a question: What is > necessary to watch HDTV for cable television? Do you think Myth will be able > to > do this, or will the channels be encrypted in such a way to make this > impossible? Note: I'm not talking about stealing cable, I'm talking about > paying for a subscription and getting some sort of decryption key or hardware > decryption interface. > > 2. pcHDTV and Broadcast flag - (Non-USA users: ignore this) > Considering that I want to watch cable HDTV, would it be wise to get a pcHDTV > 3000 card? If I buy one before June, then I can forget about this broadcast > flag nonsense. However, I don't currently have the capability to do HDTV > encode/decode (ie. Epia 10k). So, I'd buy the card and shelve it until > mini-ITX > systems are fast enough or hardware MPEG-2 acceleration is good enough to do > HDTV. Maybe it is already and I just don't know. > > The main question is: Will the pcHDTV 3000 allow for HDTV over cable? Note: > I'm > not asking for a guarantee here, just a "It's in the works..." Mainly, I > don't > want to buy a card that is only for OTA HDTV and has no plans for cable. > > 3. MythTV and broadcast flag - (Non-USA users: ignore this) > Assuming I miss the June date and buy a HDTV tuner card after that, what of > the > broadcast flag? Anyone have any ideas how this might interact with MythTV? > I > understand that it is a hardware issue, but perhaps it can be disabled by > hacked > drivers? More basically, what is the point of it? Can content providers > send > out a signal and force all copies of tv-show X to delete themselves? > > That about covers it, at least for now. Sorry if I'm rehashing old > territory, > but it's still new to me. > > Thanks, > Micah > > > Some keywords to help this get flagged in archive searches: > HDTV > QAM Quadrature amplitude modulation > pcHDTV 3000 > broadcast flag > cable television > > -- -- _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
