[Tfug] MythTV and Cox/DirecTV

[Judd Pickell]

When I lived in Tucson, we had DISH, and I can say I was definitely not
disappointed by the selection. Although I wasn't specifically looking for HD
channels at the time, so I can't say for sure how many they have, although I
did check their site and found this:
http://www.dishnetwork.com/turbohd/programming/default.aspx .

Sincerely,
Judd Pickell

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Jeff Breadner <jeff at breadner.ca> wrote:

>
>  They're charging (more) for the HD STB than just the regular STB.  If
> you don't have a cable box (and pay for cable) I do forget what HD
> channels you get, esp if you don't tell them you have an HDTV now (which
> is the case at my Grandmother-in-laws, haven't checked if she gets HD
> stuff or not in a while).
>
>
>
>  I think it's $8 month for the non-HD digitial receiver box.  It really
> starts adding up when you use the STB's for more than one TV, and $8/month
> just to allow MythTV to get access to digitial channels is not worth it for
> me.  I did just buy an HD capture card though, but I need  to update my
> kernel to get drivers for it, and I haven't bothered yet.
>
> Still, the mandatory rental is quite the annoyance, and I was kind of
> shocked that they had the stones to do this.  If there's a class action
> lawsuit I'll jump on board, but I haven't the time or inclination to start
> one myself.
>
> I'm a little disappointed with Cox's HD lineup actually; I was told when I
> moved here that Cox was the best choice for all this stuff, but I might
> start looking around at what the various satellite providers can offer.
>
> cheers
>   JB
>
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