[COLUG] Opinions on AT&T uverse in Dublin area

[Bob O'Shaughnessy]

>From what I gather, network distribution inside the house can be done
over Coax or over Cat5.  It seems to be the call of the installer on
which to use.  Existing Coax to the satellite TVs will lead an
installer to do that.

I signed up for it, but cancelled before install, as there seems to be
no current way to use the DRM'ed IPTV stream with MythTV.  I'd have to
have one STB per tuner to record anything over the analog hole.

Otherwise, the system seems pretty interesting.  Some of the info that
I'd read said that taking the cover off of the satellite STBs and
connecting the unplugged internal HD would enable DVR functionality.
The stock setup is that the master STB is a DVR and will stream to the
other boxes.

There is also room for further expansion of the system, with more
bandwidth for HD streams etc.

http://www.uverseusers.com/ is a good independent source of info.

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Mark Erbaugh <mark at microenh.com> wrote:
> A non-technical friend of mine has it and I'm trying to understand how
> it works.
>
> He has twisted pair (presumably CAT5) going to a modem/router. From the
> router there is CAT5 going to the converter box for the "main" TV.  He
> has two other TV's each with its own converter box, and thought they
> said he could have up to 5 total, each with it's own picture, although
> only one can be HD at a time.  There is a converter box at each
> satellite TV, but the cable going to it is coax not CAT5.  I'm not sure
> whether the coax originates at the router or the "main" converter box.
>
> What is on that coax line? Why isn't it CAT5?  I'm just curious.\
>
> Also, are all the channels brought to the house or does selecting a
> channel tell the system to stream only the selected channels?
>
> Is there a link that describes the technical details?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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