[TriLUG] TWC DVR & Modem Recommendations

[Carl Crider]

" I like to summarize it as, the cable companies are treating
customers like pirates."

This is why my cable-killing plan for 2013 is to move to a complete
Sick Beard server. Well, the server has been built. Currently
compiling parts list for the Mini-ITX / XBMC front end.







On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Chuck Peters <cp at axs.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For me, MythTV works best for the ability to use it on any linux
> > maching in the house (laptops) and for commercial auto-skip.  Not
> > knowing what I'm supposed to watch and purchase or ask my doctor about
> > is worth every penny.
> >
>
> Do you have issues with the cablecard CCI flags?
>
> I won't go into our lengthy ordeal with the local cable company, but the
> result is we can't watch or record 25 channels we are forced to pay for,
> and it is useless to upgrade the service to get more channels as we can't
> watch any of them.  They refuse to change the CCI flags, and what is most
> frustrating about it is I was told it would be fixed, and prior to buying
> the HDHomerun Prime box they said they have no restrictions on their video
> service.
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_Control_Information and
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/CableCARD for a bit more info.  What those
> pages
> are not saying is this cablecard mess should be illegal according to the
> 1996 Telecommunications Act and that consumers are very limited in their
> choices.   I like to summarize it as, the cable companies are treating
> customers like pirates.
>
>
> Chuck
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