[mythtv-users] Comcast CableCard Info

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Thu Jul 21 14:06:48 UTC 2011


On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM, john.baab at gmail.com
>> <john.baab at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Well the idea is that you don't pair them so you don't get premium
>>> (copy protected) channels, but you still get any copy freely content.
>>> I was told this by a Silicon Dust employee so I trust it will work.
>>
>> This seems unlikely.  Copy freely channels still usually require a
>> subscription, and I don't think the cable card will have access to
>> your account info and know which channels you are supposed to receive
>> unless it is paired.
>>
>> Since, as mythTV users, we won't get copy protected channels under any
>> circumstances, if this were true it would mean there's no point in
>> ever pairing the card.
>>
>
> First, has anybody else been missing emails from this forum? The 2
> replies in this thread from the john baab gmail address never came to
> my inbox. I wasn't sure what you were replying to, so I went and
> looked at gossamer threads website, and there are 2 posts I never
> received. I saw the same thing in another thread recently. Anyone else
> have this problem? And yes I checked...they aren't in my spam folder.
>

I got both his replies but I am on gmail. I notice he used a different
email address for the first post though.

John


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