Brandon, I have Comcast basic cable, and am building my first Myth box. My fear is that encryption will void this card if I get digital cable. The only way this could change is with some sort of composite card capture solution that reads from the cable box post-decryption and an IR blaster, right? Maybe I could hack together a composite out that goes into the pchdtv3000?
Thanks again, Julian --- Brandon Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:00:17AM -0800, Julian > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Could anyone who uses or has analyzed the > pchdtv3000 > > say whether or not it is worth purchasing it at > $189? > > Unless I could use it for more than Over the Air > High > > Definition transmission, it seems overkill. For > one > > reason or another, I don't feel the potential for > more > > than OTA is high. > > > > Thanks, > > Julian > > "Worth Purchasing" is very broad. Apparently many > people think it's > worth it, as the card is selling. I think the > better question you > should ask yourself is what do you expect? If you > expect something as > easy to use as Tivo then no, it's not for you (yet). > There are still > some things that can be improved. But I have 4 > cards, I'm glad I have > every last one. Things do break (software) and > there's system > maintance (More than ntsc Myth users experience) but > it's worth it to > me. Some people have problems getting the right > modelines for their HD > Displays but most eventually get it right, it just > takes time. How easy > it is depends on you and your skills. If you get a > good signal and have > a fedora box that's already connected to a HD > display then you can be > running in 5 minutes. If you're far from a tower, > have to research an > antenna, are using Redhat 7.2, have a HD display > that only takes 1 1080i > component input then it will take you longer. But > as far as "does the > card work" the answer is yes. If OTA and > non-encrypted QAM streams will > not be worth $189 then don't get the card. You > would be better off with > an HD Tivo that has 2 HD Satellite tuners and 2 ATSC > tuners, or wait for > cable companies to sell you their PVR Cable boxes. > > The HD3000 pcHDTV card does do QAM. It has been > tested, there is a > driver that has it working, but that driver is not > released. There is a > bit of other work being done on the driver to try to > get it so that it > will be accepted into kernel source. If there are > any kernel developers > or experienced kernel driver developers that want to > help, if they > contact me they will be able to work on the cvs > code, and get QAM early > -- But I won't be able to let just anyone have > access, sorry... Wait a > few weeks and we'll see then. > > --Brandon > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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