[mythtv-users] Is the Digital Future bleak?

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Mon Jun 4 04:34:56 UTC 2007


On Jun 1, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Dewey Smolka wrote:
> I am also, probably naively, opimistic that either a) cable and
> satellite distributors will realize that there's no point in adding
> complex encryption technology, or b) that eventually there will be a
> system-agnostic cable-card type solution that will work on any
> platform. After all, we're not trying to steal anything -- we already
> pay for it.


I doubt that will happen.  After all these years there's still no  
legal way to play DVDs on Linux.  Why should we expect any different  
when it comes to HDTV?





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