[mythtv-users] Re : Satellite in the US

manu eallaud at yahoo.fr
Wed Jul 23 21:15:57 UTC 2008


Le 23.07.2008 15:11:40, John Drescher a écrit :
> > You'll get some obscure programming and things like NASA TV
> 
> And lots of religious stations.
> 
> > but it isn't going to
> > work with the commercial US providers lineups as they do not 
> provide
> the
> > decryption CAMs, only the Set Top Boxes (STB).
> >
> Exactly, don't expect to get any cable channels or major networks for
> free. These will be encrypted and to receive them you will have to 
> pay
> for packages and use some type of receiver.
 Well this is a pity: here (in France) we can buy a CAM (the decryption 
pcmcia card) put it in the DVB card and stick the subscription card 
into it and voila! My cam for example decrypts 2 streams at the same 
time, which means that even for pay channels I can get 2 channels 
simultanuously provided they are on the same frequency, which is really 
nice. The cam is pricey (100€) but it definitely gives you something 
very flexible.
Bye
Manu



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