<p>There is a quad tuner cablecard pcie card that will be coming out this or next month, IIRC. I plan on getting one to play with it, tho TV is not my primary service with them. I can live without that; its the Internet I need (and done right & withoutusage caps). Which is why I pay the extra for business.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 18, 2010 7:19 AM, "Byron Jeff" <<a href="mailto:byronjeff@clayton.edu">byronjeff@clayton.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 06:40:33AM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:<br>
> <a href="mailto:krwatson@cc.gatech.edu">krwatson@cc.gatech.edu</a> wrote:<br>> > DeKalb...</font></p>While the script monkeys are difficult to deal with, at least they do<br>
answer the phone quickly. I can still remember the 45+ hold times when<br>
Media One was running the shop.<br>
<br>
My biggest frustration is a technical one. After touting during the OTA<br>
digital transision that you needed to change nothing if you were a Comcast<br>
customer, they went Ninja Assassin on their analog offerings and started<br>
converting large portions of the their basic cable tier to digital.<br>
Considering the 6 for 1 channel swap between digital and analog, that is<br>
understandable.<br>
<br>
What is not is their insistance on then encrypting those channels and<br>
forcing the use of a box in order to decode them. They can spout all the<br>
crap they want about it being best for the customer. It's not. It's a<br>
blatant naked control/money grab to force folks into a box for every TV,<br>
though all modern TVs have digital clear QAM tuners that are perfectly<br>
capable of tuning in digital channels if they are not encrypted.<br>
<br>
As a MythTV user with 3 analog tuners, I am incensed. Not only are my<br>
current tuners going to be obsoleted eventually, there is no alternative<br>
for grabbing the encrypted digital content as their boxes have no reliable<br>
mechanism for obtaining it. Couple that with the monthly fees that CC wants<br>
for their crappy boxes, and you can see why I'm not happy.<br>
<br>
Being able to get analog content without a box was the one clear advantage<br>
that cable has/had over the alternatives. I don't want anyone else's DVR<br>
system. No flexibility. No expandability.<br>
<br>
I'm shopping for an alternative. It really would be no problem if I were<br>
not a sports junkie because pretty much everything is available online in<br>
one format or another. But content like ESPN or NFL Network is much more<br>
difficult to get online reliably.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions. The best I've come up with so far is OTA digital/HD for<br>
broadcast content coupled with a satellite box and HD/digital grabber for<br>
the rest.<br>
<br>
BAJ<br>
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