Hey Everyone -
So I broke down and ordered cable from my local cable company (Cox) here in S. CA.
Much to my surprise did I learn that they no longer allow (or support/send/whatever) any of the subscription channels (HBO, Showtime, etc) over their analog cable system.
In order to get this (and HDTV) service, I have to subscribe to their digital cable service, which of course comes with their own box which you have to use to watch it.
Well, for $1 for 6 months of service I added the premium channels and HDTV to my the analog service I ordered.
According to the service rep, I will have both the digital service (for channels over 99) and the digital service.
So here I am in the middle of my 1.2TB, Dual Athlon MythTV monster server build thinking its going to be a bummer to have to get just regular cable and nothing else on my mythtv system.
I can add an off-the-air HDTV antenna as I have ordered the PCHDTV card and a PVR-350 (all of the 250's were out of stock) but I would reall like everything.
I figured if anyone had figured this out, someone here has done it.
So, my question - Is there some way to hook up the Cox digital box to the MythTV backend so that I can use the Myth system to control the digital box and output it to Myth so it can be recorded, played, etc..? Or am I stuck with simple analog cable with my myth system..?
Is there a 'digital cable' tuner card made by anyone, or is it specific to each cable company..? I know my TV has an input for digital cable rf, but not sure who it works with (if anyone). It also has an input for an HDTV card from the cable company.
Anyway - if anyone has some ideas, I am all ears !!
Thanks !!
Youll need an IR Blaster. Hook that up to the PC and let it control the cbale box.
Tom _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users