OT: open source/ hardware video recorder in NY Times

[Shawn Badger]

The last timed I played with my HDHomeRun on Cox, I was able to
receive the local channels in HD and a couple others with no problem.
I could not how ever receive the Discovery or the History channels at
all. Once again though  like I said in my previous email it has been a
while since I have played with that box and things may have changed
since then.



On Jan 7, 2008 12:21 PM, Erich Newell <erich.newell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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