TV cards

[Justin Dugger]

Digital cable, afaik, is not the same as tunable analog cable. It's
encoded MPEG streams or something like that. This is why those cable
boxes have a bit of lag on them when changing channels, and you
sometimes get wierd squares out of sync with the frame.  As I
understand it, the only way to get the full range is to ask for a box
that does firewire output. This eliminates the need for a TV capture
device, but it costs you something silly per month for the capability
that saves THEM money by allowing more bandwidth for general internet
comms.

Anyone have an dissenting opinion about tv capture from digital cable?
I'd love to know if there is one.

Justin
On 4/4/06, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO <brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:
> In relation to MythTV or Freevo, say I get a Hauppage PVR-150,
> http://www.spoofee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30751 , now $59 after
> rebate...the "125-channel cable-ready tuner" doesn't allow you to get
> the upper channels that you get thru digital cable.  Mine goes to some
> large number though I don't have them all, but specifically HBO resides
> in the 300-312 range.
>
> Will one of these allow you to get the digital cable channels without
> being connected to a cable box and how do you get the upper channels?
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