[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Ben Kamen]

On 2/9/2011 5:09 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
>
> In short, in my market, you can get a whole lot of TV unencrypted and
> I feel sorry for people in other markets that seem to be getting more
> and more bogged down by encryption. It seems that week after week in
> the US we are seeing the digital switch being used as an excuse or
> background to locking more and more people out of watching even pretty
> basic programming, without getting some provider's STB.

Yep. People have told me that Comcast tells them the switch to Comcast digital was because the FCC made it a law. I love that.

There's always OTA and now a lot of channels are moving to the internet. Companies that try to wrest more control are just going to piss off their customer base.