[mythtv-users] QAM Decrypt?

[Tom Dexter]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
>  On Mar 2, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Henry A Harper III wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > You can't buy a Windows cablecard device (as in tuner card) separately
>  > because CableLabs (aka Hollywood) says so, and they have to certify
>  > each
>  > model (complete system) to be totally crippled with DRM before
>  > letting it be
>  > sold to the consumer.
>
>  True.
>
>  It Hollywood would work more on creating content worth watching
>  instead of protecting their current crop of crud I might have a little
>  more sympathy for them.
>
>  beww
>
>
>
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You also gotta love how the cable companies also depend on all this to
control their premium content _and_ to force you into using their
equipment.  Pretty convenient for everyone except the consumer isn't
it?

I'm amazed at how much of this sort of crap most of the public is
willing to accept these days.  I certainly don't.

Tom