[mythtv-users] FCC releases CableCard changes

[Phil Bridges]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/2010 15:25, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>
>> Anybody care to pontificate on how this affects a MythTV / CableCard
>> collaboration?
>
> None at all.  The release deals with the availability, pricing, and
> installation of customer owned CableCard hardware.  It makes no mention on
> access restrictions on content made available through CableCard devices.
>
> You'll be able to lease a card, and have a tech that is properly trained on
> how to install it, but you're still going to be limited to the 'copy freely'
> content.

As it is, I'd be happy to get a 3- or 4-tuner Linux-compatible
CableCard box that could tune "copy freely" content.