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On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Randy Cole <randyokc-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > As someone who presently is receiving over the air, and cannot receive > all the DTV channels without reorienting the antenna and suffering > glitches (or needs to buy a CEA-909 Smart Antenna if I can find someone > who is selling a good one), (nor receive WMUR-9 or WENH-11 anymore), > > And is considering a bundle or Satellite service, > > And needs a DVR / PVR, but doesn't want to pay money for one that is > locked in to a specific service, > > > > Since we know Comcrass and RCN are scrambling QAM, does FIOS broadcast > in clear QAM? I'm getting 75 channels in clear QAM from Comcast on their Digital Starter package in Newburyport, MA That means that I can use them directly with my HDHomerun to stream/record to any Myth system (or Windows box) on my network. ?mysql> select chanid, channum, freqid, callsign, name from channel; +--------+---------+--------+---------------+----------------------------------------+ | chanid | channum | freqid | callsign????? | name ????????????? | +--------+---------+--------+---------------+----------------------------------------+ |?? 1740 | 74#0??? | 74???? | PUBACC??????? | Public Access ????????????? | |?? 1741 | 74#1??? | 74???? | EDACC???????? | Educational Access ????????????? | |?? 1742 | 74#2??? | 74???? | WENH????????? | 11 WENH? (PBS) ????????????? | |?? 1743 | 74#3??? | 74???? | UNKNOWN74#3?? | Telemundo ????????????? | |?? 1744 | 74#4??? | 74???? | UNKNOWN74#4?? | shop nbc.com ????????????? | |?? 1762 | 76#2??? | 76???? | HGTV????????? | Home & Garden Television ????????????? | |?? 1763 | 76#3??? | 76???? | LIFE????????? | Lifetime ????????????? | |?? 1764 | 76#4??? | 76???? | FNC?????????? | Fox News Channel ????????????? | |?? 1765 | 76#5??? | 76???? | AETV????????? | A & E Network ????????????? | |?? 1766 | 76#6??? | 76???? | HISTORY?????? | History ????????????? | |?? 1767 | 76#7??? | 76???? | CNBC????????? | CNBC ????????????? | |?? 1768 | 76#8??? | 76???? | FX??????????? | FX Networks Inc. ????????????? | |?? 1769 | 76#9??? | 76???? | FAM?????????? | ABC Family ????????????? | |?? 1770 | 76#10?? | 76???? | TRUTV???????? | Tru TV ????????????? | |?? 1771 | 76#11?? | 76???? | MSNBC???????? | MSNBC ????????????? | |?? 1772 | 77#0??? | 77???? | NECN????????? | New England Cable News ????????????? | |?? 1773 | 77#1??? | 77???? | VERSUS??????? | Versus ????????????? | |?? 1774 | 77#2??? | 77???? | BRAVO???????? | Bravo ????????????? | |?? 1775 | 77#3??? | 77???? | E???????????? | E! Entertainment Television??????????? | |?? 1776 | 77#4??? | 77???? | FOOD????????? | Food Network ????????????? | |?? 1777 | 77#5??? | 77???? | TBS?????????? | Turner Broadcasting System???????????? | |?? 1778 | 77#6??? | 77???? | TNT?????????? | Turner Network TV ????????????? | |?? 1779 | 77#7??? | 77???? | ESPN????????? | ESPN ????????????? | |?? 1780 | 77#8??? | 77???? | ESPN2???????? | ESPN2 ????????????? | |?? 1781 | 77#9??? | 77???? | FSN?????????? | Fox Sports Network ????????????? | |?? 1782 | 77#10?? | 77???? | NESN????????? | New England Sports Network???????????? | |?? 1783 | 77#11?? | 77???? | HALMRK??????? | Hallmark Channel ????????????? | |?? 1784 | 78#0??? | 78???? | UNKNOWN78#0?? | Adult Swim ????????????? | |?? 1785 | 78#1??? | 78???? | COMEDY??????? | Comedy Central ????????????? | |?? 1786 | 78#2??? | 78???? | MTV?????????? | MTV - Music Television ????????????? | |?? 1787 | 78#3??? | 78???? | DISN????????? | Disney Channel ????????????? | |?? 1788 | 78#4??? | 78???? | NIK?????????? | Nickelodeon ????????????? | |?? 1789 | 78#5??? | 78???? | SCIFI???????? | Science Fiction ????????????? | |?? 1790 | 78#6??? | 78???? | AMC?????????? | American Movie Classics ????????????? | |?? 1791 | 78#7??? | 78???? | DSC?????????? | The Discovery Channel ????????????? | |?? 1792 | 78#8??? | 78???? | TLC?????????? | The Learning Channel ????????????? | |?? 1793 | 78#9??? | 78???? | VH1?????????? | VH1 - Video Hits One ????????????? | |?? 1794 | 78#10?? | 78???? | USA?????????? | USA Network ????????????? | |?? 1795 | 79#1??? | 79???? | QVC?????????? | QVC ????????????? | |?? 1796 | 79#2??? | 79???? | CSPAN???????? | Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network | |?? 1797 | 79#3??? | 79???? | APL?????????? | Animal Planet ????????????? | |?? 1798 | 79#4??? | 79???? | TRAV????????? | Travel Channel ????????????? | |?? 1799 | 79#5??? | 79???? | SPEED???????? | Speed Channel ????????????? | |?? 1800 | 79#6??? | 79???? | TVLAND??????? | TV Land ????????????? | |?? 1801 | 79#7??? | 79???? | CNN?????????? | CNN ????????????? | |?? 1802 | 79#8??? | 79???? | GOLF????????? | The Golf Channel ????????????? | |?? 1803 | 79#9??? | 79???? | HSN?????????? | ????????????? | |?? 1804 | 79#10?? | 79???? | CNN?????????? | Cable News Network ????????????? | |?? 1820 | 82#0??? | 82???? | WBZ?????????? | WBZ (CBS) ????????????? | |?? 1821 | 82#1??? | 82???? | WZMY????????? | WZMY-TV ????????????? | |?? 1822 | 82#2??? | 82???? | WSBK????????? | 38 WSBK ????????????? | |?? 1823 | 82#3??? | 82???? | U???????????? | U ????????????? | |?? 1824 | 82#4??? | 82???? | WCVB????????? | WCVB (ABC) ????????????? | |?? 1825 | 82#5??? | 82???? | FOX?????????? | 25 WFXT FOX (Standard Def)???????????? | |?? 1826 | 82#6??? | 82???? | UNKNOWN82#6?? | 02 PBS ????????????? | |?? 1827 | 82#7??? | 82???? | WGBX????????? | 44 WGBX (PBS) ????????????? | |?? 1828 | 82#8??? | 82???? | UNKNOWN82#8?? | NBC ????????????? | |?? 1829 | 82#9??? | 82???? | WLVI????????? | 12 WLVI "the CW" ????????????? | |?? 1831 | 83#1??? | 83???? | UNKNOWN83#1?? | Infomercial ????????????? | |?? 1832 | 83#2??? | 83???? | RTV?????????? | 703 Russian TV ????????????? | |?? 1838 | 83#8??? | 83???? | TWC?????????? | 47 The Weather Channel ????????????? | |?? 1839 | 83#9??? | 83???? | SPIKETV?????? | 55 SPIKE ????????????? | |?? 1840 | 83#10?? | 83???? | FUSE????????? | 271 FUSE ????????????? | |?? 1022 | 2_2???? | 84???? | WGBH HD?????? | WGBH HD ????????????? | |?? 1561 | 56_1??? | 84???? | WLVI HD?????? | 808 WLVI HD (STUDIO) ????????????? | |?? 1443 | 44_3??? | 85???? | WGBXC???????? | WGBH CREATE ????????????? | |?? 1444 | 44_4??? | 85???? | WGBXK???????? | WGBH KIDS ????????????? | |?? 1442 | 44_2??? | 85???? | WGBXW???????? | WGBH WORLD ????????????? | |?? 1381 | 38_1??? | 85???? | WSBK HD?????? | WSBK HD ????????????? | |?? 1051 | 5_1???? | 86???? | WCVB HD?????? | WCVB HD (STUDIO FIBER) ????????????? | |?? 1071 | 7_1???? | 86???? | WHDH HD?????? | WHDH HD (STUDIO) ????????????? | |?? 1072 | 7_2???? | 86???? | WHDH TH?????? | WHDH THIS.TV ????????????? | |?? 1251 | 25_1??? | 87???? | WFXT HD?????? | WFXT HD (STUDIO) ????????????? | |?? 1041 | 4_1???? | 87???? | WBZ HD??????? | WBZ HD ????????????? | |?? 2143 | 113#13? | 113??? | UNKNOWN113#13 | ????????????? | +--------+---------+--------+---------------+----------------------------------------+ 75 rows in set (0.00 sec) My Set-Top Box does have a firewire port but I have not yet tried hooking up my Myth backend to it to test the recording of encrypted content. > > > I assume with satellite you must use the converter boxes. > > I know someone who has Direct-TV DVR, and had to buy a new one when they > changed their compression method. > > > > Randy > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Greg Rundlett Web Developer - Initiative in Innovative Computing http://iic.harvard.edu camb 617-384-5872 nbpt 978-225-8302 m. 978-764-4424 -skype/aim/irc/twitter freephile http://profiles.aim.com/freephile
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