OT: open source/ hardware video recorder in NY Times

[Erich Newell]

Just a quick correction: Unless Cox has started giving away their
service, you will not be able to connect anything to their equipment
and get HD video to a recording device.

All analog channels above 23 are scrambled and all digital channels
that aren't used for cabletv setup are encrypted, requiring a cable
box or cable card to decrypt. Additionally, the transmission
modulation for cable tv is different than OTA HDTV. ATSC with 8VSB is
used for over the air, and NTSC via QPSK(64 or 256) is used for
cabletv in the US.

- Erich

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