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Quoting Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>: > On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> Quoting Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>: >> >>> On 07/01/2009 12:25 AM, Randy Cole wrote: >>>> Since we know Comcrass and RCN are scrambling QAM, does FIOS >>>> broadcast >>>> in clear QAM? >>> >>> Some channels, yes. All the over-the-air stuff and a mish-mash of >>> other >>> stuff (most of which I don't care about). Most of the good stuff that >>> isn't over-the-air is encrypted QAM. But of that, at least half of it >>> comes off the firewire port on my cable box unencrypted. >> >> Do they encrypt the OTA HD channels? > > No, those are all clear off firewire toi. I meant are the OTA HD channels in clear-QAM? I.e., could I use an HDHR to get all my OTA HD off FiOS? >> And what half doesn't come off the firewire unencrypted? > > I don't think any standard def stuff comes off the firewire port, and > the hdtv versions of usa, espn, tnt and a few others don't either, but > hdtv sci-fi, discovery, natgeo, history, hbo, showtime, etc all come > off unencrypted. I still find it annoying that this is so hit or miss... It's one thing I really DO like about RCN -- I can read (just about) every channel off firewire. > --jarod -derek -- 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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