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Re: Americans recording 6+ channels using HomeBrew PVRs




Thats only true for analog basic cable channels, not any of the premium
channels, or digital channels for which you need to have a cable box.

Andrew Cooke wrote:

> It at times like this that I wish the UK would get cable.
>
>>From what I can tell, with a cable feed you can tune into hundreds
of channels (the same as SKY) but because its cable you can have as many
different signals as you want (bit like terrestrial here) hence from a
single payment to the cable company Americans can distribute TV around the
house and have PVRs watching as many channels as they wish !
>
> http://www.snapstream.com/Community/Articles/medusa/default.asp
>
> I know that there are freeview cards that would allow us to do a
similar thing. But its the channels on SKY I would like to record, and I
don't really want to pay SKY for 6 subscriptions



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