On 11/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dewey Smolka</b> <<a href="mailto:dsmolka@gmail.com">dsmolka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Unfortunately you will probably NOT be able to record any cable HD<br>channels over firewire as for the most part they're encrypted. There's<br>a chance you'll be lucky but I wouldn't get my hopes up. You will be<br>able to get the OTA HD stations through the cable box, as cable
<br>carriers are required to send those stations in the clear.<br><br>If you've already got HD working for the OTA stations, then getting a<br>new box from Comcast won't give you anything you don't already have.<br>The box itself will cost you an extra $5 per month or so. That will
<br>give you the OTA HD channels you already have but not the cable HD<br>channels, which are another $5 per month or so.<br><br>Right now there's just no way to get the cable HD channels into Myth<br>while preserving HD if the company has set encryption on them.
</blockquote><div><br>Not only that, but you may not even be able to get the non-HD channels over firewire. Here in the Philly suburbs, Comcast encrypts all but a handful of stations going over firewire. Over firewire, in the clear, I get the OTA stations (both HD and digitized analog), plus some of the shopping channels, a religious channel, and a few others. But all the other analog stations (USA, TNT, etc) and non-HD digital stations are encrypted. Note that these are all stations I subscribe to and have no problem viewing over non-firewire inputs.
<br><br>Of course, this is going to vary by cable company/location, so it may not be true for where you are. I'm just saying you may want to find out before you buy any expensive non-returnable hardware.<br><br>-Jerry<br>
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