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Re: FIOS installation in the house



 On Sep 24, 2007, at 17:23, Derek Atkins wrote: 

> Jarod Wilson <[hidden email]> writes: 
> 
>> I was pleased to be wrong until I saw how few analog channels you   
>> actually 
>> get. There aren't any analog channels they carry that I have any   
>> reason to 
>> watch, since the few channels they carry are also carried in   
>> unencrypted QAM 
>> HDTV versions. If you have a TV with a built-in tuner (or an   
>> analog tuner 
>> capture card in a myth box), its now limited to just the over-the-air 
>> channels, whereas with Comcast, you still get ESPN, Comedy   
>> Central, Sci-Fi, 
>> etc. in analog form. 
> 
> Eh?  Your TV (or MythTV) can't read unencrypted QAM versions? 


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