[ale] Digital cable and Freevo/MythTV/Tivo/<insert pvr here>

[Robert L. Harris]

  I do.  The Tivo though has an IR transmitter you point to the cablebox.
When you change channels on the TiVo it actually changes your cablebox.
The Tivo does provide it's own Channel guide which I definitely prefer
over the cable company's, more info and functionality.



Thus spake John Wells (jb at sourceillustrated.com):

> Robert,
> 
> So you don't actually use Tivo to switch channels?
> 
> I was under the impression that Tivo provides it's own channel guide,
> which led me to believe that you'd use the Tivo itself to surf through
> channels.  Is this not the case?
> 
> Thanks for your info...
> 
> John
> 
> Robert L. Harris said:
> >
> >
> > I can only talk to the sake of Tivo but it works absolutely great for
> > me.  The Tivo takes the input form the cablebox, the quality is great,
> > etc etc etc.  I'm to the point of trying to talk my wife into ordering a
> > second one since they can now share media with the home netwokring
> > option.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thus spake John Wells (jb at sourceillustrated.com):
> >
> >> I've been planning on building a Linux PVR and have almost assembled all
> >> the hardware I need.  I plan on getting going on this next week.
> >>
> >> I also just installed Comcast digital cable yesterday.  After the fact,
> >> I
> >> realized that I probably won't be able to take advantage of the extra
> >> channels provided by digital cable with my PVR...
> >>
> >> Is this the case, or is there a way around it?  Anyone out there with a
> >> similar setup?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> John
> >>
> >>
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Robert L. Harris                     | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B
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DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.

Life is not a destination, it's a journey.
  Microsoft produces 15 car pileups on the highway.
    Don't stop traffic to stand and gawk at the tragedy.

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