I just received an email from WOW cable about the three phase transition to digital. The letter stated that they are reducing the analog channels and converting them to digital. They will make available two digital adapters per household.
I called WOW and couldn't get an intelligent person to answer my questions. I was concerned that these adapters would be full-blown Digital boxes that had their own remote control and everything would be encrypted. He seemed to think so. I am hopeful that is not the case since I use external PVR software (SageTV) to record my TV and most of it is analog or clear-QAM (HDHomeRun for that).
After asking, they said the two devices are the Cisco DTA50 or the Evolution something-or-other.
Questions:
1) Does anyone know if these devices *require* a remote to change channels? If they don't, I can continue to record with my Hauppauge WinTV card, albeit at a slightly lower quality due to a D/A conversion in the box.
or
2) Does anyone know.....just by reading the specs or being familiar with the device....if they *input* clear QAM? Or is it encrypted? If its clear, I can continue to use my HDHomeRun to record the TV shows.
I called WOW and couldn't get an intelligent person to answer my questions. I was concerned that these adapters would be full-blown Digital boxes that had their own remote control and everything would be encrypted. He seemed to think so. I am hopeful that is not the case since I use external PVR software (SageTV) to record my TV and most of it is analog or clear-QAM (HDHomeRun for that).
After asking, they said the two devices are the Cisco DTA50 or the Evolution something-or-other.
Questions:
1) Does anyone know if these devices *require* a remote to change channels? If they don't, I can continue to record with my Hauppauge WinTV card, albeit at a slightly lower quality due to a D/A conversion in the box.
or
2) Does anyone know.....just by reading the specs or being familiar with the device....if they *input* clear QAM? Or is it encrypted? If its clear, I can continue to use my HDHomeRun to record the TV shows.
