TV Tuner Cards and Cox Communications

[Anthony Boynes]

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Francis Earl <francis.earl at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recall there was a presentation done about MythTV in one of the West
> Side LUG meetings, so maybe someone can help me with this?
>
> I have tried two different cards now - both via cx88 module
> coincidentally. Pinnacle PCTV HD and Hauppage WinTV-DVR-1250 are the
> cards, and of course I had similar results: I can watch TV via the
> S-Video signal via the cable box using TVTime perfectly fine - this of
> course makes DVR functionality rather difficult however.
>
> My question is, has anyone had any better luck with Cox and their TV
> Card? I only have around $80-90 to spend, else I'd go with the pcHDTV
> HD-5500, but even then it seems to only support unencrypted HD. I am
> unsure whether Cox even uses encryption as the tech support wasn't
> terribly enlightening, so I'm wondering what you all think?
>
> Have you had any luck using a TV card on Linux with Cox Cable? Can you
> make any recommendations for cards I should try that are within my price
> range?
>
> Any feedback would be much appreciate, and happy belated holidays  :)
>
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Just realized you were looking for an HD card, which mine is not.  I haven't
looked into that at all.


Anthony
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