In my area Cox has the Motorola cable box that has firewire output that works very, very well with mythtv, including the ability to change the channel through the firewire cable. At the moment nothing is encrypted so it works brilliantly, including with HBO, Showtime, and INHD1 & 2. I am dreading the day they encrypt the channels over firewire because right now it's much more stable than either my 2k or 3k pchdtv card, with dvb or regular drivers. Firewire = 2 thumbs up, minus a small issue with the unit powering off randomly every few weeks or so.
Funny how mythtv is more stable and reliable recording over firewire than the "professional" hdtv pvr cox supplies. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sears Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:05 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV w/Digital Cox Service ? Hey Everyone - So I broke down and ordered cable from my local cable company (Cox) here in S. CA. Much to my surprise did I learn that they no longer allow (or support/send/whatever) any of the subscription channels (HBO, Showtime, etc) over their analog cable system. In order to get this (and HDTV) service, I have to subscribe to their digital cable service, which of course comes with their own box which you have to use to watch it. Well, for $1 for 6 months of service I added the premium channels and HDTV to my the analog service I ordered. According to the service rep, I will have both the digital service (for channels over 99) and the digital service. So here I am in the middle of my 1.2TB, Dual Athlon MythTV monster server build thinking its going to be a bummer to have to get just regular cable and nothing else on my mythtv system. I can add an off-the-air HDTV antenna as I have ordered the PCHDTV card and a PVR-350 (all of the 250's were out of stock) but I would reall like everything. I figured if anyone had figured this out, someone here has done it. So, my question - Is there some way to hook up the Cox digital box to the MythTV backend so that I can use the Myth system to control the digital box and output it to Myth so it can be recorded, played, etc..? Or am I stuck with simple analog cable with my myth system..? Is there a 'digital cable' tuner card made by anyone, or is it specific to each cable company..? I know my TV has an input for digital cable rf, but not sure who it works with (if anyone). It also has an input for an HDTV card from the cable company. Anyway - if anyone has some ideas, I am all ears !! Thanks !! -- ****************************************** Richard J. Sears Vice President American Internet Services ---------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.adnc.com ---------------------------------------------------- 858.576.4272 - Phone 858.427.2401 - Fax INOC-DBA - 6130 ---------------------------------------------------- I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like you do when nobody's watching." _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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