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Silver mesh DCH-43xx had a buggy GUI but reliable recorder The all black DCX-43xx was the best one we had but it was a bit fussy and would dump all but 4-hours of guide data from time to time.

How long have you waited for guide data? Back when I had Comcast, guide data took a minimum of one hour before I got the next 4 hours worth of data. Watching TV on the box could drag that out to 4 hours or more. Turning the box off (standby) could speed that up to 30-45 mins. for the same "Next...

The DTAs only have an RF. Ch 3-4 analog output on them. The why of Comcast not providing a unencrypted digital feed breaks down to these points: Clear QAM are considered unsecure. Hollywood channel contracts demands and require the channels be transmitted securely. Hollywood won't agree to an...

They want to move to the Satellite model. No need to roll a truck to place a filter when a sub cancels service (saves money). Only subs can see only their subscribed channels. Set-top boxes record what, when and how long some channels was watched. Useful in channel-cost negotiations...

Box needed to be turned off/"standby" mode at some random time between 12:30am and 2:30am. Otherwise it only got a trickle feed that took 3+ hours for only 4 hours of guide data

NO. Long list of how that's not going to work. Authorization. Unit has to be authorized on the physical cable it's connected to. DVR feature has to be authorized. Channel maps are authorized. Also known as channel packages. All authorizations have a timeout period. Most of the unit...

If you are talking about a digital-only channel, then it is simple- even trivial- to set multiple virtual channel numbers for one actual broadcast. As an example, the Audio/Video usually is transmitted on one QAM channel. We will say it is on Ch. 80.2 for ESPN and 80.1 for MSG- if you used a...

Tell that to my HDTV and Haupauge HVR-1600's. They all come up encrypted in TSReader on the HVR-1600's The Olevia 527V has them all flagged as skipped and won't show them like it would before they turned on the encryption. I used to check what was flagged as skipped and make a table of...

There is the Moxi and there is the option of building your own Windows Media Center PC with a ATI Cable card tune or a Ceton mutisteam cablecard tuner Either option will start at $900

Serial ATA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There are 3 voltages 3.3V, 5V and 12V Yes but only the older SATA drives can run with only 5V and 12V The Seagate I got this Christmas came with a slip of paper in the box that says "requires 3.3V to operate. Failure to supply 3.3V may damage device"

1. Yes if Comcast NM have announced it, then you have been warned. See point 3 for more. 2. Comcast was providing 2 DTA's or 1 Digital cable box for free. Rental charges applied for every box afterward. SD Digital cable box was $5, DTA's were $2, and HD boxes were $10 (with HD sub) after the...

What the tech said was 2 pieces of headend equipment were talking over each other. As clear as we could get was something like two "QAM modulators" had been assigned the same "address"

I'd say the Dishes are starting to come loose or something. We've had the techs come out twice this month to please the bill-payer, and I'm having one later today. They can't find anything at our place. I've seen the screens before, and I know it's at the head-end/down-link/what ever it's...

2010 and 2012 are the major expiration years but I can't keep straight which rules expired when right now. The only promise/rule I read applied to cable companies. Something to the effect that the OTA stations and the satellite companies already agree on bitrate during carriage negotiations...

Sorry if I'm unclear but this is going to hurt. From reading further, your HDTV seems to have a QAM tuner. This is good and you already seem to know how to use it. Right or wrong, to make it easy I give the flawed analogy: CATV=QAM and ATSC=Antenna Comcast here in Portland changes the QAM lineup...

The new cable boxes can take up to a week (3 days is average where I am) to be bound to your account, and then be mapped to allow only the channels you pay for. Enjoy it while it lasts! There is one new Motorola HD box (DCX3400) that some places don't yet have any lock out on except PPV. I have...

:eek: :eek: :eek: Gimme, gimme, gimme! :D

$30 monthly??? You must be missing those channels from Iran and Saudi Arabia :eek:

1. If you can use the supplied Comcast remote, then don't worry about your buttons getting worn out. They have replaced it for me at no cost several times. Unfortunately, I bought a TV that the Comcast remote can't use so I've had to wait for Comcast to come out with an updated remote. Until...

Comcast's East Portland area Near the Clackamas branch office That all that needs to be said publicly EDIT: Anyway, everything that the DTA adapters get we should be able to scan in. The DTA adapters can only get Clear QAM. So what the DTA's can get we should be able to get. As of May 16, I...

From what I've seen with TSReader and my Hauppauge HVR-1600, They're not encrypting alot of the SD MPEG2 stuff on the QAM channels. Comcast told the FCC they were going to encrypt everything. FCC said NO, you're not. What they are doing is setting the privacy flag on anything that isn't already...

Yep, two more days in Portland of analog clean and clear SciFi. Then, it'll be compress-o-vision SD digital. 512x480 @ 3 Mbps *spits* Too bad nothing good is on. Got the DOCSIS 3.0 port installed last month. Noticed it after my MTA (phone and internet) showed DOCSIS 2.0. Googled the channel...