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Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> writes: > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 09:36:34AM -0400, John.Boland-4MWP6VXyifjQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org wrote: >> you said you have three tuners. what are using for a signal source? I'm >> just using a splitter and getting the analog signal off my cable (rcn). >> this limits me to about channel 70 for the two cards. unfortunately, my >> backend doesn't have firewire (yet) so that I could tap into the hd >> cable box. > > RCN doesn't do analog in Waltham any more :( Yeah, I'm not looking forward to them dropping analog service in Somerville. And I'm really POd that they encrypt the OTA HDTV feeds. I filed a report with the FCC because I believe that encrypting the HD feeds violates the FCC must-cary mandate. > I have an HDHR which gets about 15 channels -- luckily, ones we > are very likely to watch -- and a FW connection to a STB. > Changing the FW card made the STB connection less flaky, but I > still can't manage two STBs at once. Hmm.. What happens when you put on two STBs? > -dsr- -derek, who is considering switching to DirecTV and HD-PVRs -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warlord-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org PGP key available
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