Comcast Cablecard Fee - billing question

Originally Posted by blueiedgod

I think the first one is free, the addiitonal ones may be more.

But, it is not real $9.25 per card, it is $9.25 - $2.50 = $6.75 per card, since you are getting $2.50 back for your equipment.

Why do you need 3 CableCards? Each card is capable of decrypting 6 streams at once. Get a device that utilizes CableCard's full potential.

We rent 1 CableCard and it serves 5 TV's. All function independantly from each other.

Originally Posted by qz3fwd

What do you do-swap the cablecard in and out of your equipment when you want to watch something?

Originally Posted by qz3fwd

What do you do-swap the cablecard in and out of your equipment when you want to watch something?

Comcast in general requires pairing the cablecard to a particular hardware device, so its not feasible to swap cards. If you have multiple tuners, you need multiple cablecards.

Back to the card cost. I pay 0 for the first card, and something like $2 for each additional card after the consumer owned equipment rebate. I have several Tivo's and TV's with CC's and have something like 5 cablecards-most operating in single stream mode.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by mhufnagel

He most likely is running a HTPC with multiple Xbox 360's (or some other WMC extender boxes). One card would be able to do that without any problems. Lower start-up costs than multiple Tivo's and their lifetime fees and lower monthly costs due to having less cable cards.