[mythtv-users] Chicagoland services - Comcast, WoW, DirectTV, Dish...
Andrew Close
aclose at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 18:49:47 UTC 2007
On 4/3/07, Donald Webster <fryfrog at gmail.com> wrote:
<snip />
> Cable at least offers the *chance* of firewire, and if you already
> have cable it is probably worth the $5-20 bucks it'd cost to rent an
> HD tuner from the cable co for a month to see if a) they have firewire
> (its an fcc requirement) b) have firewire enabled and c) that it isn't
> 5C'd on all the channels you care about.
5C'd == encrypted?
5C DTCP - 5 company Digital Transmission Content Protection. An HDTV
copy-protection encryption method for devices connected via FireWire,
this allows one of three copy states: copy always (all ATSC broadcast
and "in the clear" QAM cable broadcasts); copy once (premium cable);
and, copy never (pay per view, video-on-demand). Bidirectional system
requires 5C chips in every device in an A/V system (in other words, a
set-top box, a TV, and so on); the TV "requests" acknowledgment before
allowing the signal to be viewed or recorded. Proposed and sponsored
by Hitachi, Intel, Matsushita (Panasonic), Sony, and Toshiba--the five
companies.
Thanks for the reply.
so now i wonder, "what's the point???" is the future really as bleak
as it seems? i guess i carry on with my Myth hobby and use it to
record analogue programs and just hope that the HDCP gets hacked
sooner rather than later...
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