[mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

H P Ladds householdwords at gmail.com
Thu Apr 6 17:54:27 UTC 2006


I called them to fact check before I posted here -- received a friendly
person on the line. He wanted to talk with me about the product longer than
I did.

On 4/6/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
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> On Apr 6, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Mike Angstadt wrote:
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> Well I might risk $450 for the "smaller feature set". Going to look into
> > it at least.
>
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> The smaller featured one might make a good frontend, but looks like it
> doesn't include tuners.
>
>
> Yeah, and if their "guide" service includes a cost then it is just another
> TiVo. My interest would be in the hardware alone I suspect, and I need a lot
> more info, for example VIA makes a lot of chips, precisely which one of them
> are they using ?
>
> As I said I sent them questions. I got an automatic response from some
> outfit called "Centuric", who I suspect has been contracted to provide help
> desk services, probably not from California :-)
>
> I'll see if I get more info.
>
>
> Also, despite the article talking about CableCard support, according to
> this press release:
> http://www.vwbinc.com/press/011706pr.html
> It looks like the MediaReady 6000 is the first of their products to
> actually include CableCard support.  And that one isn't listed in their
> products yet, so not sure what the price would be.
>
>
> And would it include some monthly charge as well ?? I don't know what
> their business model is but you can bet it is not to provide Myth hardware
> for cheap :-)
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