On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Rogan Creswick <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend (and former PLUGer) is looking into media PC solutions, and I > pointed out the HomeRunHD since it seemed to have good reviews when I > was looking my self. However, I think things have changed with > respect to cable transmission since I was interested -- do you need > extra hardware to decrypt a signal (compared to using a new LCD tv?) > or can you just plug the video in device into the cable as though it > were a TV? > > Any insights would be great! His email to me is below, for some context. > > Thanks, > Rogan > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jason Dagit <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:13 AM > Subject: HomeRunHD > To: Rogan Creswick <[email protected]> > > > Rogan, > I was looking at the HomeRunHD that you linked to. It says it doesn't > work with "encrypted" cable channels. I'm not sure what that means, > but I suspect it only supports basic cable. Although, it may mean it > just doesn't support pay per view, hbo, on demand, etc. > Do you know much about that? Or how we might check how well it will > work before buying it? > Jason
Ondemand and pay per view is not supported with these boxes. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
