David Engel wrote: >Here are the results from this effort. > >A QAM64 scan detected 150 or so entries on 18 frequencies and a QAM256 >scan detected about 15 entries on 5 frequencies. Is it expected to >see both modulations used on the same cable? > >One thing I'm a bit puzzled by is that nearly all entries have 0 for >the video pid. For example, most frequencies have a handful of >entries with different audio pids but the same video pid of 0. Is >that normal? > >I didn't want to impose on my neighbor any more than I already was, so >I didn't do an exhaustive check of every detected entry. I tried >around 35 or so and was never able to find a signal with azap. > >Unless anyone has other suggestions to try, I guess everything on my >cable system is encrypted. I'm dissapointed, but not terribly >surprised by that. I'll just go to my backup plan which is to hold >onto the card and use its ATSC capabilities when I get an HDTV. > > Yup... sounds like they're all encrypted.... That's strange... Most cable companied offer the local channels unencrypted. >Finally, my Fusion card still has a very poor picture using NTSC >capture (very high brightness and washed out colors) so any help with >that would also be appreciated. > > Try setting contrast down to 25% .... Many people have said that this helps. -- Michael Krufky
