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color=#0000ff size=2>If you build your own, HD probably means some encrypted
channels, so you may something that supports cablecard or an alternate means to
grab video, and your machine will have to have more CPU.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>My HDhomerun didn't work well for me initially because I
didn't get many HD stations and the digital stations I got were HD and the CPU
was too anemic to process them. Now Mediacom seems to be re-broadcasting
the whole analog line-up in Digital which may change the story some. My
machine may still be to anemic to encode those streams thought. The
Hauppauge cards to a great job of encoding on the fly in
hardware.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>-Nate</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> cialug-bounces@cialug.org
[mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Matthew
Nuzum<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:59 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Central
Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Cialug] media
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Nathan C. Smith <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The new
DRM techniques and other quasi limitations like digital television and
cable-card make whole house systems like you want either legally
challenging or very expensive.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>However, I use MythTV (knoppmyth) and along with some
DVD-archiving hacks I've been pretty happy with it. Also Silicon Dust
has announced an HDHomerun with CableCard Support. If you can't live
without Digital or HD TV that may be an excellent way to get
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Hi, if choosing
mediacom I would probably get the family package (which seems to be lower-end
than the "digital cable" package) and add the HD option. Does this affect
anything?<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Matthew Nuzum<BR>newz2000 on freenode,
skype, linkedin, <A href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</A> and
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