Top-posting rearranged to protect the innocent :-) > On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:48:05 -0500, William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have time-warner cable here and was wondering if I could receive > > over the > > air hd content thru my cable connection without adding something > > like a > > cable box? There is no way I can get anything with an antenna here. > > > > If I need a cable box what is my chance of being able to record hd > > content > > from it? How would I do that? > > > > Thank in advance! > > Bill > > > > > On Thursday 10 February 2005 18:21, Josh Burks wrote: > This may not seem obvious, but OTA (Over The Air) != Cable (Over a > Cable). > > Does your cable provider offer a HD package? I know Comcast does, and > they provide the set top box to receive the signal over the cable, not > OTA.
I think what William is referring to is what the FCC calls "unencrypted broadcast television", meaning the equivalent transmission of any local free-to-air television broadcast, carried over cable or DBS. Cable companies are prohibited from encrypting such content; if they do you can report them to the FCC. See this thread for more info: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/109915?#109915 -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
