2012-04-05, 21:12
First time poster. I just went through a forced digital migration by my cable company, which renders my theatre system (Samsung Anynet+ stuff) pretty worthless. It would remain problemtic even with their cable company digital receiver.
In light of the fact they want to charge my a minimum of 10$ per month for a cable card, I'm thinking it's time to either get a Tivo (which means 15 0r 20 dollars a month for their guide, plus another 10$ per month to the cable company). I find this ridiculous.
I'd prefer to build a system I can put the cable card in (prefer linux or ios over windows, in that order). I expect if I were to use a pcie cable card like this:
http://cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv-4-pcie/
and a hdmi cec adapter like this:
http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/product...apter.aspx
I might be able to get somewhere but only played around with mythtv a few years ago. I am handy enough with Linux but would prefer a quiet system I can hide away. until my cable provider gave me a darn DTA box with an RF receiver, everything was out of sight and I'd like to get back to that place.
I have reviewed the forums and was curious if anyone has done this type of integration before or if it is beyond the scope of where the project is at this time?
In light of the fact they want to charge my a minimum of 10$ per month for a cable card, I'm thinking it's time to either get a Tivo (which means 15 0r 20 dollars a month for their guide, plus another 10$ per month to the cable company). I find this ridiculous.
I'd prefer to build a system I can put the cable card in (prefer linux or ios over windows, in that order). I expect if I were to use a pcie cable card like this:
http://cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv-4-pcie/
and a hdmi cec adapter like this:
http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/product...apter.aspx
I might be able to get somewhere but only played around with mythtv a few years ago. I am handy enough with Linux but would prefer a quiet system I can hide away. until my cable provider gave me a darn DTA box with an RF receiver, everything was out of sight and I'd like to get back to that place.
I have reviewed the forums and was curious if anyone has done this type of integration before or if it is beyond the scope of where the project is at this time?