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I received a letter from Comcast today informing me of their plans to switch their expanded basic channels from analog to digital-only on 2/24/10 in Newton. No surprise there. I had already heard from them or other sources (I don't remember which) quite a while ago that the transition would happen early in 2010. So two questions: 1. Should I expect most of these digital-only channels to be encrypted? This page: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Comcast_Users_And_scte65scan written in response to the Comcast transition, describes a procedure for setting up channel mapping for clear-QAM tuners, implying that such a thing is still useful. 2. Anyone currently using a Comcast "Digital adapter" (bare-bones cable box) with MythTV? If so, are you using IR or something else to control it? If IR, what IR hardware are you using, and how reliable has the control been? The alternative would be renting one of their higher-end cable boxes that might provide Firewire control. (I assume the low-end ones don't provide that.) I currently have a Motorola DCT2244/1661/ACDEG (which I haven't tried using with MythTV). It doesn't provide Firewire (I asked for a box that had it when I picked it up, and the people at the Comcast office were clueless), but has an IR port and a serial port. I see the serial port can be used for control. Does it work better than IR enough to justify a $2/month rental for a second tuner? -Tom
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