[mythtv-users] FCC releases CableCard changes

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

except nothing will be set to "copy freely"...

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