[olug] HDTV capture cards...

[Sean Edwards]

If I have to rent it, I would not want to hack it.

-=Sean=-

--- Eli Criffield <olug at criffield.net> wrote:

> I'll have to check tonight for the make/model/id i
> want to say general
> instruments but i could be wrong.
> 
> You just rent it from cox like a regular cable box,
> you don't have to buy
> it, its more then a regular digital box though i
> think
> its about $10/month.
> 
> Eli
> 
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 08:58:24AM -0800, Sean
> Edwards wrote:
> > Do you have any manufacturer info from the box,
> like
> > maker, model number, FCC device ID . . . ?
> > 
> > Do you buy this box, or rent/lease it from cox? 
> How
> > much is it?
> > 
> > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > 
> > --- Eli Criffield <olug at criffield.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > It doesn't do any of that, I haven't looked into
> > > hacking it, It has ports
> > > all over it for god knows what, (DVI, ethernet,
> USB,
> > > firewire, IR,
> > > SmartCard, Fiber Optic, others i can't remember)
>  so
> > > I'm betting someone
> > > has hacked it to extract the video.
> > >                                                 
>    
> > >                            
> > > but it can record digital channels, which is
> > > possible with myth, i got
> > > myth to send an IR signal from a thing i
> soldered
> > > together to a digital cox
> > > box, but it was a huge pain in the ass and
> wasn't
> > > very reliable it would
> > > get the channel wrong all the time, and was very
> > > slow to change channels
> > > that way.
> > >                                                 
>    
> > >                            
> > > And what good is it it can't record COPS and
> > > Forensic Files off corttv?
> > >                                                 
>    
> > >                            
> > > Don't get me wrong though Mythtv is one of the
> > > coolest things I've seen in
> > > a long time, But for the lazy there is an easer
> way
> > > and even cheaper way :)
> > >                                                 
>    
> > >                            
> > > eli
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 08:37:06AM -0800, Sean
> > > Edwards wrote:
> > > > Does the cox DVR cable box connect to a home
> > > network?
> > > > 
> > > > Can you watch the recorded material on the cox
> DVR
> > > > from  other tv's or computer's in the house?
> > > > 
> > > > Can you burn your recorded material to a
> CD/DVD?
> > > > 
> > > > Can you remotely schedule recording events
> from
> > > via
> > > > the internet or a dial-up to a home network?
> > > > 
> > > > If the cox DVR cable box can do all that, then
> I
> > > will
> > > > agree that it is a better deal than MythTV.
> > > > 
> > > > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > > > 
> > > > --- Eli Criffield <olug at criffield.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > Now i have a cox DVR cable box, it just
> works,
> > > it
> > > > > even records HDTV > (thought my tv isn't
> HDTV so
> > > i
> > > > dono what the quality > is like), and the cox
> DVR
> > > > costs a lot less then setting up a MythTV. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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