| Seeker` | He certainly managed to stop the spam accounts then :P | 01:59 |
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| Seeker` | Just stopped it for the rest of us too! | 01:59 |
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| qwebirc34971 | Hello. I am building a mythbuntu backend vm and I would like some advice on which hardware works well. I need to have a tuner that supports basic cable analog and digital signals. It has to be pci or network based. Which devices have painless setups? | 18:02 |
| rhpot1991 | qwebirc34971: analog really? | 18:20 |
| qwebirc34971 | YES! | 18:20 |
| rhpot1991 | your area hasn't converted to all digital yet? | 18:21 |
| qwebirc34971 | They don't want to pay for a digital cable package and tv tuner card | 18:21 |
| qwebirc34971 | It's digital cable, not terrestrial ATSC | 18:21 |
| qwebirc34971 | so they still run analog channels over the coaxial lines | 18:21 |
| rhpot1991 | ya most places have forced digital already I though | 18:21 |
| rhpot1991 | and then give out DTAs so you can still use your analog tvs | 18:22 |
| qwebirc34971 | Don't get me wrong, Cox has some ClearQAM channels, but only about 5, compared to the 80 or so basic analog cable channels | 18:22 |
| rhpot1991 | are they cable card friendly? | 18:22 |
| qwebirc34971 | You need a digital cable package which is about 40 dollars a month extra and a cablecard to tune to a better package | 18:23 |
| rhpot1991 | oh so you don't have access to that currently then? | 18:23 |
| qwebirc34971 | They are, I have my own setup with a HDHR prime and a cablecard, works beautifully, but the folks don't want to pay more for their tv | 18:23 |
| qwebirc34971 | Different locations | 18:23 |
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| rhpot1991 | cvance: ah ok, prime is where I was headed | 18:24 |
| cvance | I have one, but prime only does clearqam and they want stuff on analog | 18:24 |
| rhpot1991 | there are some happuage cards that can do analog and clear qam | 18:24 |
| cvance | I heard they're not really painless... | 18:24 |
| cvance | I did a only Happuage 1600 setup for my fiancee a while ago | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | they are supposed to work | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | ya 1600 rings a bell | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | 2200 maybe | 18:25 |
| cvance | yeah, i think they need hardware mpeg2 encoders or something, any experience? | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | cvance: another option would be regular hdhr | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | with mine I can do clear qam and all the dta channels | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | which is my 1-70 | 18:25 |
| cvance | that do analog as well? | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | though in theory those may go away at some point | 18:25 |
| rhpot1991 | no, comcast broadcasts them in the clear after the conversion | 18:26 |
| rhpot1991 | so depends on your provider | 18:26 |
| cvance | dta? sorry not familiar with that acronym | 18:26 |
| cvance | I have cox communications down in new orleans | 18:26 |
| rhpot1991 | http://www.dslreports.com/faq/16218 | 18:26 |
| cvance | http://ww2.cox.com/residential/neworleans/tv/channel-lineup.cox look at starter tv | 18:26 |
| rhpot1991 | what comcast did is they said no more analog then gave out little boxes to be able to get your old analog channels for free stil | 18:27 |
| cvance | not sure if cox does that, sounds pretty nice of comcast. Is it hd? | 18:27 |
| rhpot1991 | nope | 18:28 |
| cvance | I know for sure that cox hasn't cut of analog yet because this old tv that we've got is still running with no box | 18:28 |
| cvance | I'll look into a 1600 or 2200 | 18:28 |
| cvance | Yeah, if they wanted a digital package and a CC, would work swimmingly, but alas no. | 18:29 |
| cvance | thx for the advice rhpot1991 | 18:31 |
| rhpot1991 | no problem, good luck | 18:32 |
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