[olug] Hauppauge TV card recommendations

[Noel Leistad]

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James Ringler wrote:
| Craig Wolf wrote:
|> According to my wife, our DVR saved our marriage.  8)
|>
|> Craig Wolf
|
| With all of the transition to HD in a short time coupled with the hassle
| of controlling a converting box, it would make sense to me to just pay a
| little more for the HD cards..
|
| My Mythbackend has 2 -  150's  and a PCHD3000. I don't have an HD TV but
| I wanted to get the OTA channels not on Time Warner Cable.  The new
| 5500's are out and are a little cheaper.  If I were building one now,
| I'd go straight to the hd cards.

Wolf, glad for the "save"!! :-) No commercials, no missed shows
appreciated at my house too, however, using KB for remote NOT so good.

Cable systems send signals as QAM, Over-the-Air is ATSC.
PCHD5500 understands QAM, HDHomerun gets ATSC, FWIW, the digital
converter boxes only get ATSC, then can down-convert to a 4:3 aspect for
an SDTV.


Believe that the issue still remains as to whether COX will send signals
in the clear. If YES, the the PCHD5500 should be fine. There are
probably many more, haven't researched....

I THINK that the "required" channels, those corresponding with the OTA
signals SHOULD remain "clear QAM", premium channels are encrypted, the
question remains HOW will the other non-premium be sent??

IF the cable company encrypts something you will NEED, then I believe
the only option ends up being a cablecard (available only from your
cable provider, because THEY know the encryption keys and can authorize
the card). (Bet they'll be pushing their OWN DVR really hard before THAT
happens.)

AND, unlike the old satellite dishes where you could "share keys", I
also understand that the cablecard needs to receive continuous signal
from cableco to function...


<cya>
BTW, I never had a dish, but knew those that did...
</cya>

Noel
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