MythTV Setup time!

[Dan Ritter]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 08:21:02AM -0400, Laura Conrad wrote:
> >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
>     Dan> The HDHR only captures unencrypted signals. You haven't
>     Dan> mentioned what your tuning source will be -- all over-the-air
>     Dan> (OTA)? A cable company? You might want to have Firewire on your
>     Dan> motherboard.
> 
> Is there a recommendation for something that does capture the
> encrypted signals that Comcast uses?

The only devices which do it directly employ CableCards -- and
they are not open devices. (TiVo, basically.)

Indirectly, there is one current device and one about to be
released. Both do HD capture of analog (component) output from a
cable STB. The extant device is Hauppauge's HD-PVR
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html

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