2025-06-04, 03:02 AM
So Xfinity has decided to no longer support the m-card, aka Cablecard for the HDPrime/TIVO. I renewed my agreement with them about 3 weeks ago and about a week ago the card stopped working. Went into the store and their comment was "yeah, they've sent out messages regarding the EOL of the card". After my wife spent hours on the phone with their pitiful customer service, they're basically going to send me a box that has DVR abilities.
But I of course like control of my own content and don't need them preventing me from doing so.
Is there any alternative to using NextPVR with Xfinity compatible hardware? I'm really not wanting to go down the route of using emitters, but that's the only thing I'm aware of and this is like going back in time 15 years.
Is my HDPrime a boat anchor now? Perfectly working and now useless.
(This after all this time I transitioned to Linux finally and it's super reliable. I have some things to straighten out but now I'm completely PO'd about my cable service. I don't have alternatives that I'm aware of)
But I of course like control of my own content and don't need them preventing me from doing so.
Is there any alternative to using NextPVR with Xfinity compatible hardware? I'm really not wanting to go down the route of using emitters, but that's the only thing I'm aware of and this is like going back in time 15 years.
Is my HDPrime a boat anchor now? Perfectly working and now useless.
(This after all this time I transitioned to Linux finally and it's super reliable. I have some things to straighten out but now I'm completely PO'd about my cable service. I don't have alternatives that I'm aware of)
Hypervisor Host, Linux Ubuntu VM, recording to QNAP NAS, NXTPVR 7.0.1.241229
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**I've donated, have you?** 2022, 2019, 2016