MythTV/Comcast going all digital TV in Cambridge [OT]

[greg_rundlett-nRXb03v5zC6Vc3sceRu5cw at public.gmane.org (Greg Rundlett)]

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
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