Actually I believe what Josh is alluding to is analog capture from a digital cable box, the same outputs used by a television. They won't be disabling those anytime soon.
But speaking of port availability, Firewire is enabled on my Scientific Atlanta 8300HD HD DVR. I was able to connect my Macbook and capture data. The data is encrypted so I can't do anything with it but it bodes well for the potential of using firewire to connect to HD display. On 10/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've heard rumors that TW has disabled just about any port/plug in the cable box that the possibly can. Can someone squash that rumor? I've been interested in this too ...but have been hesitant to make the jump due to this, and compatibility with digital / hd. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Vickery Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 3:33 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] mythtv, QAM 256, & Time Warner Cable... I've done this in the past, but all I have is basic cable. If you want the digital channels you would probably need to do what Tivo and the like do, which is to connect your video capture card to the output of your digital cable box, and use an infrared sender to allow MythTV to control the digital cable box. Josh On 10/16/06, Trey Ethridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone currently running mythtv and using Time Warner cable? I'd > like to know what channels I can receive by just hooking up the cable > to a pcHDTV 5500 tuner card (I'm considering buying one). I believe > that I can receive some channels since they use QAM. Could I receive > digital channels in addition to the analog and HD channels? > > Right now, I have the digital cable package and the HD PVR from > Scientific Atlantic. I would like to replace it with a mythtv box, > but I don't want to loose functionality. If I would have to watch > just HD channels and analog channels, then I think I'll stick with > what I have now. > > Thanks, > -- Trey > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! > Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. > Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today! > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member > Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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