On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 16:23 -0400, Paul Schied wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working > but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. > > I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not > digital but I DO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will > need to hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the > cablebox (so it is decoded).
FWIW, I don't know how it is where you live, but I have comcast cable, extended basic cable, and I don't need a cable box. I split the cable, one end to my MythTV machine, the other directly to my TV, which is "cable-ready" - like any non-ancient TV. I only have one capture card in my Myth box. I hardly ever want to watch live TV, and if I do, I use the TV tuner instead of Myth because of the slow channel surfing. After using Myth for a while, you'll find your need for live TV diminished. Even for the shows I need to see right away, I just record them and start watching them 10-20 minutes into them so I can skip the commercials. Scott
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