Sage TV with Comcast Digital Cable

[CaptainS]

Hi all,
I have been using Sage for 3 or so years now with Analog cable.
Comcast is about to switch to Digital cable.
What hardware works best for non HDTV digital and will I have to upgrade
Sage? Hauppage has a couple of good boxes but I dont see them on Sages
web site. I hate to give up the flexibility of Sage.

Thank you.

[QueOnda]

There is another forum post regarding the pure digital switch over of comcast. I believe the HDHomeRun has a solution. Head over to their forum also to read up on the latest.

[mets3145]

Originally Posted by QueOnda

There is another forum post regarding the pure digital switch over of comcast. I believe the HDHomeRun has a solution. Head over to their forum also to read up on the latest.

is there a link available?

[QueOnda]

Here is the digital box comcast is offering: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...omcast+digital

And here is one thread talking about the digital channels on comcast available through HDHR: http://www.silicondust.com/forum/vie...hlight=comcast

[mets3145]

Originally Posted by QueOnda

Here is the digital box comcast is offering: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...omcast+digital

And here is one thread talking about the digital channels on comcast available through HDHR: http://www.silicondust.com/forum/vie...hlight=comcast

So based on your second link... at the end of my transition cycle, I should be seeing some new channels, and hopefully, getting back the ones I lost.

[hogburgs]

Quick answer is this, I finished doing this within the last month.

Get SiliconDust HDHomeRun.

Get from Comcast your free Pace DTA, set it up, but don't plan to actually use it to watch TV. Instead use the diagnostic screen functions of the DTA to display all of the clear QAM channel frequencies, logical channel numbers that match the Zaptoit guide, etc. This really helps to set up your HDHomeRun.

Go to HDHomeRun Sage forums to see some recent discussion about setting up with Sage.

This combination works great, you will get all the channels you got with Comcast analog and then some, you will never look back. I'm not worried about Comcast eventually encrypting these channels, they have too much invested in this DTA program and the business about the FCC changing the rules is very doubtful.

I had been using a PVR 500, this setup is much better.

[CaptainS]

Thanks all for all your help