On 9/22/05, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have Comcast and no convertor. (I used a Tivo from its initial
> release until it died a couple months ago and made a point of only
> getting the clear channels so I wouldn't have to deal with an IR
> blaster.) I doubt that they would scr
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
>
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:58:18PM -0400, Erik Pettersen wrote:
> The outstanding question is if somehow his cable company is the kinda
> that actually scrambles analog and requires cable box to view anythign
> at all...
I have Comcast and no convertor. (I used a Tivo from its initial
release unt
On 9/22/05, Folashade Adeyosoye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just put a splitter when it comes out of the cablebox, one to the computer
> and the other to the TV.
>
This won't work... you'd want the split BEFORE the cable box for analog cable.
The outstanding question is if somehow his cable co
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:23:46PM -0400, Paul Schied wrote:
> 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 de
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 16:23, 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
> digita
You'd need two cable boxes... if you split the cable after the cable
box you'll just get two versions of the same channel =P
I think what I'd do is confirm what cable I have or didn't have, if I
were you... I'd run (temporarily) coax straight from the wall to the
TV (assuming your TV has a TV tune
Just put a splitter when it comes out of
the cablebox, one to the computer and the other to the TV.
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