My latest bill from Comcast says that they are going to start
encrypting the "Limited Basic" channels on September 24th. More info
at:
http://www.comcast.com/digitaladapterinfo
They are talking about free converters/Cable Cards for a year or two
depending on my level of service. After that it
Instead of renting equipment from Comcast (or Verizon) I went the
Silicondust HDHomeRun PRIME route. I also use A PC a couple of years old
for DVR.
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Aereo should cover some of those channels. http://www.aereo.com
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On Aug 16, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> My latest bill from Comcast says that they are going to start
> encrypting the "Limited Basic" channels on September 24th. More info
> at:
>
> http://ww
> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes:
Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the coax from the
previous cable subscription into his TV and he says it's better than any
of the antennas he's tried.
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On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Laura Conrad wrote:
>> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes:
>
> Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
>
> Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the coax from the
> previous cable subscription into his TV and he says it's better
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Robert La Ferla wrote:
> Aereo should cover some of those channels. http://www.aereo.com
That's a thought. But at $8+ a month for Aereo service plus Internet
service and Internet streaming equipment costs, I could pay for a
pretty nice antenna. Admittedly, I
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Robert La Ferla wrote:
> Aereo should cover some of those channels. http://www.aereo.com
The Boston channels that Aereo offers are the same channels that I pickup
free OTA from Salisbury, MA. Luckily for me, I'm able to pick up a few
other channels too besides
On 08/16/2013 10:54 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
The good news is that tuners in recent TVs are a *lot* better than the
first ones. Also, you only need a decent antenna. Nothing HD about
it. I have a VHF/UHF root-top antenna, I bought from Radio
For Boston television you actually point your antenna at Needham,
because that's where the broadcasts actually come from. Channel 68
(WBPX) used to be an exception before the digital transition - their
analog transmissions came from the Prudential Center - but now they're
in Needham like everybody
On 08/17/2013 08:20 AM, Bob Dunphy wrote:
I went the Silicondust HDHomeRun PRIME route.
I also have an HD Homerun, but I don't have it hooked up at the moment.
It works, though my box did need power-cycling occasionally.
Turns out the user interface on a real TV is (or can be) so much
bett
> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes:
>> My neighbor just plugs the coax from the previous cable
>> subscription into his TV and he says it's better than any of the
>> antennas he's tried.
Bill> Are you sure that's not just because the cable company
Bill> (Comcast?) didn't bo
Coax is shielded, so it won't pick up any signal directly. But my
understanding is that if the inside wire on a coax cable is grounded, it
can use whtever it is grounded *to* as a big loop antenna and the coax will
then transmit the signal. I wonder where the other end of his piece of
cable is?
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> "Betsy" == Betsy Schwartz writes:
Betsy> I wonder where the other end of his piece of cable is?
Presumably at the cable box on the side of the building.
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The interesting part is, specifically, what the inner connector is touching.
I'd have expected it to be unterminated but if its getting signal there must be
some sort of unshielded connection or connection to ground wiring?
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On Aug 18, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Laura Conrad wrote
Laura Conrad writes:
>> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes:
>
> Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
>
> Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the coax from the
> previous cable subscription into his TV and he says it's better than any
> of the antennas he's
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Laura Conrad writes:
>
>>> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes:
>>
>> Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
>>
>> Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the coax from the
>> previous cable subscription int
Bill Bogstad writes:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Unfortunately this will cease to work once Comcast encrypts Limited
>> Basic.
>
> Which I can confirm happened right on schedule yesterday in Cambridge.
>The only channel which has been left unencrypted is the on
On 09/25/2013 10:11 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Laura Conrad writes:
>>
"Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes:
>>> Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
>>>
>>> Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the
Jerry Feldman wrote:
I think there are a few motivations for this:
It's because their physical infrastructure is completely insecure.
Anyone can tap the lines without Comcast knowing it. By encrypting the
signals and controlling the decryption side they can lock out the moochers.
At least,
On 09/25/2013 01:51 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
When Comcast did this in Newton they provided 2 DTAs free of charge.
I think there are a few motivations for this:
1. increase revenues
2. provide additional services to compete with FIOS, and the satellite
TV networks.
3. (probably a bit less) to com
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>
>>...
> When Comcast did this in Newton they provided 2 DTAs free of charge.
They did that when they switched to all digital some time ago.
Otherwise people who were still using analog only sets would have been
out of luck. That deal has
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>
>> I think there are a few motivations for this:
>
>
> It's because their physical infrastructure is completely insecure. Anyone
> can tap the lines without Comcast knowing it. By encrypting the signals and
> controlli
On 09/25/2013 02:22 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Richard Pieri
> wrote:
>> > Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I think there are a few motivations for this:
>> >
>> >
>> > It's because their physical infrastructure is completely insecure. Anyone
>> > can tap the lin
Richard Pieri wrote:
> Anyone can tap the lines without Comcast knowing it. By encrypting the
> signals and controlling the decryption side they can lock out the moochers.
Bingo. A few years ago I went to my exercise room in the basement to find the
TV signal blacked-out. Investigating, I went
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 01:58:14PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Anyone can tap the lines without Comcast knowing it. By encrypting the
> signals and controlling the decryption side they can lock out the moochers.
>
> At least, that's the idea, anyway.
That's part of the reason. The other part i
Richard Pieri wrote:
> It's because their physical infrastructure is completely insecure.
> Anyone can tap the lines without Comcast knowing it.
This is true, but that's Comcast's problem, not their customers', yet
they push the burden of implementing a more secure system - both in
terms of cost (
On 09/25/2013 05:29 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
Richard Pieri wrote:
Anyone can tap the lines without Comcast knowing it. By encrypting the
signals and controlling the decryption side they can lock out the moochers.
Bingo. A few years ago I went to my exercise room in the basement to find the
TV si
I wrote:
> I went outside and found that someone
> had destructively cut the RG6 cable in about 3 places.
Kent Borg asked:
> You mean you had legitimate service, service that you were paying
> for, and they apparently cut the cables carrying that service?
Yes, that's what I suspect. I was actua
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