[mythtv-users] Scrambling analog channels
Just thought people might be interested in this. When deciding whether or not to go ahead and attempt to pull together a mythtv setup I came accross the unfortunate reality that my cable company (comcast in Philly) scrambles almost all of my analog channels. If i hook up my direct cable feed to my tv I am only able to get about a dozen basic channels, almost all cable channels are scrambled. I only have basic extended cable and from what I've been reading most people think that cable companies do not scramble analog channels even if they give you a cable box. Just an example where they definitely do. If anyone has any possible work arounds (I'm doubtful) I would love to hear them as this has been a definite bummer for me. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Beginners question
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not digital but IDO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will need to hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the cablebox (so it is decoded). I want to be able to watch tv while recording a different channel. From what I've read I am pretty sure this means I need two tuner cards which will both need to have the cable coming from a cablebox. My question is if I just split the cable from the cablebox, is there any way to record somethingand simultaneously watch a different channel or do I have to have two cable boxes for this? Thanks, Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
