Does anyone know if Cox in Fairfax, VA locks down all (or some) programming to copy once ?

Thx,
Bob

I have recently started to remove the splitters from my coax network since I am running the Cat wiring now. In doing so I have made my signals equal to

Signal Strength = 5 dBmV
Quality Strength = 38dB
(This info is from the SDHomeRun WebPage)

I have the only splitter now coming off into the cable...

Can anyone confirm which functionality would be broken if I were to get FIOS DVRs for this month when NOT using their router as the primary until I get the port-forwarding configured? (I have the FIOS Actiontec router configured to act like a dumb MoCA bridge). Are the ethernet ports active on the...

Stupid Comcast doesn't support it?!?!? Now I find out they don't support Roku either. Seriously wtf. It's making me consider switching to DirectTV. I assume DTV lets you do the whole cablecard + ceton + echo + HTPC thing I've been doing with Comcast. Is it worth considering?

Honestly is Comcast the sleaziest company on earth (Well maybe besides Electronic Arts)? I use all my own equipment with one of their cable cards. Have for over a year. Today I get an unsolicited package from them in the mail with a XFinity settop box. When I called they were so quick with an...

so after waiting patiently for my guide listings to update after charter changed all the channel numbers, i realized that i had to go back into live tv setup and select a different provider from the list.

previously i always used charter communications, digital
but when i went in this time i...

Hi everyone,

After finally networking the house, I have been considering cord cutting for my home and switching to things like streaming video and DVD/bluray. The goal will be to have small HTPCs with every TV but no boxes (cable boxes or streaming boxes) and centralized NAS storage.

My first...

Hi Everyone,

Parents ordered Frontier Fios TV service today. I was just curious if anybody currently knows how they have their channels set (copy once, copy freely, etc)

Thanks

So how about the rumor mill and the possibility of Comcast (parent company of NBC) possibly purchasing TWC... a little piece of me died upon reading and pretty much feeling as it will inevitably occur...

Verizon recently laid fiber in my neighborhood and I now have the option of getting FIOS for internet and TV (phone too, but I use OOMA). I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle of switching from Comcast since I have my network and media center (with ceton infinitv4) running very well right now...

Per some of the other threads I have posted I am a bit new to HTPC. I was reading this thread

which I found very very informative. Just the type of discussion/debate I was looking for which made me go look at the front end to my system and look for improvement.

My cable drop into my home is...

So I came home today and found out both from messages on the PC and my wife that General Hospital couldn't record on WABC. The messages in the recording history on each tuner say Recording of this content is prohibited by the content provider . Apparently she was able to watch it live even with the...

Just thought I'd post this here for those of you who don't know yet...

I was paying $50 dollars a month for the standard 5Mbs internet connection
I signed up for years ago.
I checked cable one's website recently and there 50Mbs internet was listed
at $35 a month for 3 months then $50 a month.
I called in and changed to the 50Mbs for the same price I was already...

So, TWC jacked up the modem lease fee again to $5.99/month. Just about 6 months ago it was free, then $3.95/month, now this. It clearly makes sense for me to purchase my own, with the caveat that I have TWC digital phone service as well. Such service is derived directly from the TWC provided modem....

Jut saw this on DSLREPORTS:

Randomly this morning, I tried tuning to some 'regular' encrypted channels (CNN, Food, HLN, Fox News), and I started getting a Subscription Required message. Sure enough, the Ceton Diagnostics identified the cablecard as not being authorized. I phoned comcast, ask them to send the cablecard a...

I got home yesterday and my tuning adapter and CableCARD had arrived. I was excited to open up the box and run upstairs to hook it up to my new WMC box with the Ceton 6 tuner I just got last weekend. I was READY for 6 tuners of sweet goodness. Then I opened the box...

This is how it was all...

Hey all, i have a question about tv boosters. Here's the jist...
I live in what many would call the boonies, or perhaps the sticks, and i am using an external antenna. I can pick up channels in town easily. I can also get stations from afar with a 30dB booster. Problem is i don't want to boost the...

Received a card in mail from TWC telling me I have a week to change out or pay.
Has link to 'approved' modems you can use on their system.
Thinking I will pay $100.00+ for my own modem for two reasons.
#1 Seems they are not going to replace the crappy thing that is in the cupboard when they start...

The other day i had a tech at my apartment tying to fix an ongoing issue where my 2 Ceton InfuriatingTV4's keep loosing CP auth.

Well, this usually requires having them unpaired, removed from the account, and repaired. Well, this guy got his boss on speakerphone, and the guy refused to fix the...