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Originally Posted by hollandboy /forum/post/19135904
Can't we all just get along?
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Originally Posted by hollandboy /forum/post/19135904
Can't we all just get along?
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Originally Posted by gastrof /forum/post/19133884
234?
Lorddonk spoke of SATELLITE, not cable.
There's a big difference.
In the U.S., satellite companies don't share their decription codes with ANYONE.
CABLE companies, however, have been told by LAW they have to cooperate with cable cards, which allow a user-owned device to become like a cable box.
This is why many have asked that Funai make a recorder that takes cable cards, so we can tune cable channels with our recorder, and be able to change channels and tune cable channels with the recorder's timer and tuner. (Our recorders currently can't change channels on cable boxes.)
The requirement to cooperate with cable cards (and provide cable cards) forces cable companies to do this with ALL makes of TVs and recorders. TiVo does NOT have a special relationship or agreement with the cable companies.
The cable card arrangement is required by LAW.
If Funai made a recorder that worked with cable cards, the cable companies would have to allow us to use cards with our recorder. They'd have no choice.
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
I'm a newbie and I can't start a new thread yet, but here is my situation...
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
I have been receiving basic cable (no STB) and recently upgraded to an HDTV with a digital tuner (32" Vizio). Low and behold I have a few HD Channels (ABC, Fox, etc). Did a little digging and am now starting to get a fuzzy idea of terms like "QAM in the clear" and such. I rarely watch live TV and have been using a VCR up until now but would like to move out of the 20th century... I am CHEAP- I pay $15/mo for cable, $20/mo for DSL and don't want to pay the same amount for a DVR ($15/mo from Insight). Nor do I have an extra PC laying around to build a HTPC. I am really interested in the Magnavox MDR513H ($230 from Walmart) but have a couple of questions (which I'm sure have been asked before).
-I have read that the 2080 has a QAM tuner (here and in a couple of reviews). Yet I couldn't find that in the specs, and Magnavox said it didn't (they simply say "digital tuner", but then said "no QAM" on the phone. Who is right, and is "digital tuner" somewhat synonymous with QAM at this point?
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
More basically, can I simply plug my coax cable from the wall in to the DVDR and get a good (albeit slightly less than HD) picture?
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
-I have heard things about the "write-once" problems of DVD-Rs and issues of copy protection causing problems. Is this a problem for these QAM channels or is this mainly an issue for "premium content" like upper tier cable channels and PPV?
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
-I am assuming the picture quality is downgraded to DVD quality before going to the HDD of the MDR513H (as opposed to only downgrading prior to burning a DVD.
Check out this table for some info.Quote:
Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
If what I'm reading is true, it sounds like this may be the closest I can get to a TiVO like experience on the cheap. (time-delay start, DVD quality picture etc). I just won't have the nice onscreen nav controls of a DVR...
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
Just to double check- There is no DVR device that is available without subscription that will do what I am wanting here is there? (pull in these QAM HD channels off of the coax cable and store to it's own HDD). I know I can build a HTPC, but that's not what I'm asking. I don't get it if there isn't... I really don't care about burning discs. I just want TiVo type functionality without paying a subscription...
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Originally Posted by single_digit /forum/post/19136394
BTW, something I'm thinking about doing is simply rigging an antenna on the roof and pulling in OTA digital signals (instead of paying ~$15/mo). Would that change anything (OTA instead of QAM)?
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Originally Posted by wajo /forum/post/19136615
Maybe you can use this post to see what might be different. Here's my intro text, and I've Attached a file from my computer using the Manage Attachments button. Notice "Valid File Extensions" (mine is a jpg)... might be something there?
Oops, I'll bet it's a filesize issue... note max file size for each type of image.
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Originally Posted by wajo /forum/post/19136615
Maybe you can use this post to see what might be different. Here's my intro text, and I've Attached a file from my computer using the Manage Attachments button. Notice "Valid File Extensions" (mine is a jpg)... might be something there?
Oops, I'll bet it's a filesize issue... note max file size for each type of image.
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Originally Posted by hollandboy /forum/post/19136726
Thanks...may have been a file issue...more likely my problem as I didn't click on the 'submit reply' on the manage attachments page.![]()
wajo....I'm concerned that the post where I explained the procedure for 'titling' of a recording and the suggested 'title index' may have gotten lost in the translation due to the lack of the sketches. Let me know if I need to re-post again with the sketches AND text as part of the attachment, and review if possible my post and see if it needs to be revised.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by wajo /forum/post/19134962
Not necessarily true. People have reported here that they have only an STB and not a DVR and they can still select programs to "Record" as if they did have a DVR as described in these Tips for STB Users.
People with STBs w/o DVRs: Check your manual and menus for a "RECORD" function like those described in the Tips linked above and see if you, like many others, can use that to set up "phantom" recordings for unattended copying to the DVDR via a coordinated timer rec program. The STB does the scheduling of viewing or recording so it's possible that virtually *EVERY* STB has a view/record scheduling feature.
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Originally Posted by hollandboy /forum/post/19134340
Or you can switch to a cable provider and purchase a DVR (TiVo) that will record the programs for you, then afterward transfer them to the Mag.
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Although I'm also not happy to pay any provider for a DVR, it's not as horrible as you might think. If they charge $7/mnth that equates to $84/yr. No idea what TiVo or Moxi costs these days, but the last time I looked they were around $250. That's 3 years of the provider's DVR,
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and then it's unlikely that the TiVo or Moxi would be able to record multiple channels at the same time.
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Originally Posted by greaser /forum/post/19136803
Wajo, My VIP211K doesn't have a DVR. In the menu setup there is an option to enable VCR. With that enabled it is so simple to set up timed recordings. I just go into the Timer section and input the channel(s) and time(s) that i want to record and that's all there is to it.The Sat. receiver box turns on for the scheduled time(s),tunes the channel for that time period specified then turns itself off. If there are multiple channels and times,it turns itself on and off for each time and channel entered in to it. There are actually several ways to enter a timed session but it's to difficult for me to explain in a typewritten post.G.![]()
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Originally Posted by 234 /forum/post/19136205
Dear gastrof,
I appreciate that I could study US regulation.
It is completely viseversa against Japan system.
Current Japanese DVD recorder and TV contains BS/CS tuner and we can contract payment on their OSD.
It means we do not need to have satelite STB in house.
However, if your RF in comes from cable company (not antenna), you need cable company's STB to decrypt.
Sorry my less knowledge.
I already asked to develop DVD recorder for cable card few month ago. But it was refused because of my mentioned reason.
gastrof, could you please indicate where I can find such regulation. Is there any US official document search?
When I understand it well, I will talk this suggestion to our top level management because it is important but difficult mission.
(Of course, I am not sure whether it will be accepted or not...)
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Originally Posted by JoeKustra /forum/post/19137115
True or false: an NTSC cable analog channel can not supply a data stream in the VBI that contains the PSIP tables. My research says no, that it's a ATSC/digital signal property. Any comments?
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Originally Posted by 234 /forum/post/19136999
Re-post
Please let me have any evidence that cable provider MUST release decrypt code to unit manufacturer.