[mythtv-users] cablecard

Mario L superm1 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 6 20:08:47 UTC 2005


I gotta say if not for the cost, that looks like that could be a sweet 
machine to be using for a frontend, looks pretty slick and seems to have 
quite a bit integrated/easily upgradable.

On Apr 6, 2005 4:01 PM, dean collins <dean at collins.net.pr> wrote:
> 
>  It will be something very similar.
> 
>  I noticed that there are already devices being shown with Cablecard 
> interfaces.
> 
>  http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2317&p=5 interesting to 
> note that windows media centre XP will have native cablecard support built 
> from Q3 this year.
> 
>   Cheers,
> 
> Dean
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Robert Johnston
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:56 PM
> To: David Shay; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] cablecard
> 
>  On Apr 6, 2005 1:36 PM, David Shay <david at shay.net > wrote:
> 
> > Until someone decides to make a PCI card with a Cablecard slot, I can't 
> see
> 
> > how this possibly "improves the future of MythTV". The chances of that
> 
> > happening seem slim to none in general, and almost certainly none once 
> the
> 
> > broadcast flag ruling is in place. And yes, the broadcast flag still has
> 
> > relevance to cable in some cases, as far as I understand it.
> 
>  Is not this "CableCard" the equivalent of a CAM, in which case you can
> 
> use a PCMCIA CAM reader (Or "CI" (Common Interface) reader) via a
> 
> PCI->PCMCIA reader. You know, those things that early 802.11b PCI
> 
> cards needed
> 
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