[linux-dvb] Recieving DVB-C with DVB-T units

[Tim Williams]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Christian Wattengård wrote:

> But after doing some research on Wikipedia and such, I can't figure
> out why a DVB-T unit can't be easily modified to recieve DVB-C?
> They use the same frequencies, the DVB-T specs support QAM (atleast low QAM).
> My specific cable network uses 64QAM which the specs apparently
> supports... So where is the underlying problem?
>
> Could somebody be so nice as to explain to me? :)

I would put money on it that most cable channels are encrypted. My 
WinTV-Nova T devices can't handle the encrypted channels on DVB-T so it 
probably can't handle DVB-C either.

Tim W

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