On 15-12-29 03:47 PM, David Collier-Brown wrote:
Done any of the media centres come with logic for driving an external digital box? I use Rogers, and they're slowly moving all the free channels onto encrypted digital., so despite them being "free", they're only available via the Rogers digital box.
Rogers finished dropping all their analog channels some time ago. The only way to get channels is to use one of their decoder boxes. I found the free decoder box unreliable so I disconnected it. As I could no longer tune any channels I have let my subscription to schedules direct (TV guide listings service) lapse. I still have MythTV installed to play DVD's. You can tell MythTV the name of an external program to use to change channels. There is a device called an IR Blaster (IIRC) that could be used to send IR codes to a remote device (e.g. cable tuner) to handle channel changes. I never tried it. Since I disconnect the free cable tuner box from Rogers I no longer have a need to get one to see if it would have worked. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick