[mythtv-users] HD Homerun Prime with MythTV

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday, August 28, 2010 08:46:39 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>   On 8/28/2010 21:42, bhaskins wrote:
> > Yeechang Lee wrote:
> >> Shawn Asmussen <shawn.asmussen at gmail.com> says:
> >>> Actually, the new HDHR looks like it is going to have 3 tuners, so
> >>> for your scenario it'd be three monthly STB rentals you could
> >>> compare it against.
> >> 
> >> Interesting. I currently pay $22 a month to rent two cable boxes. I
> >> don't know how much my cable company charges for an M-Card but my
> >> understanding is that most only charge a few dollars a month.
> > 
> > I have been renting a M-Card for over a year, using it in my own DCH3416.
> > Today ( 08/28/2010 ), I received a letter from my cable company saying
> > that as of 08/25/2010
> > they will no longer allow this and I am to return this card to their
> > office.
> > Isn't it nice of them to give me a negative three days to
> > watch/transfer the shows that
> > I have recorded on this box?
> 
> I'm pretty sure that's illegal.  The WHOLE POINT of cablecard was so
> that you could buy your own box and rent a cablecard to use it.  You
> should check the actual FCC regulations and file a complaint.

Also complain to your state's Public utilities commission (or equivalent), the franchising authority (usually your 
municipality), your state's Attorney General, and of course every press and media outlet you can think of.

This goes against everything I have ever heard about what CableCard was all about.

If you need financial help in this fight there may be people here willing to help out (I certainly am).

I'd also contact the Electronic Frontier Foundation, they might even provide legal assistance.

I suspect the cable company might cave when faced with significant resistance.