<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">All of mediacom's channels are now available as digital channels as well as analog so HDHomerun works really well with it! We've been contemplating a switch to a satellite provider simply because mediacom wants a TON of money for that package, but we're trying to figure out if a satellite company is at all compatible with mythtv to be worthwhile.<div><br></div><div>-Tom</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 16, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Nathan C. Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" 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>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" 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>
<div dir="ltr" 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 twitter<br>
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