[mythtv-users] cablecard

[Brad Templeton]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:33:10PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> Just to be clear: the best we're likely to get would be QAM compatible
> *tuner cards* with cablecard slots on them.  Don't expect mezzanine

Can you say what you have heard?  Again, purpose #2 of the cablecard
(their purpose) just doesn't work at all if they give us something
like this that will talk to a program like mythtv.  So it's hard to see
why they would give this, it goes against everything they have said they
want.

The purpose of the cablecard is to split the decryption from other
functions of the set top box, officially.  But unofficially they have
no desire to let ordinary users get at the video stream.

Even if myth people could come up with the $100,000 it costs to certify
to use the cablecard, how would myth meet the requirements not to let the
unencrypted video be available?