[mythtv-users] hdpvr 2 (1512) linux/mythtv support.

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Sat Nov 2 00:01:19 UTC 2013


On 11/1/13 7:33 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 11/1/2013 5:21 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Oz Dror <odror7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have time-Warner. I will buy a new 1212.
>>>
>>> I was hopping that I can use PVR 2 (and test the HDMI input)
>>
>> If what you mean by that is test HDMI input from
>> your STB, that was not going to work in any event
>> for any protected content, since the HD-PVR2
>> does not do HDCP
>
> ... for legal reasons.
>
> Lest someone start thinking that capability was actually up to
> Hauppauge, and they, or someone else, could at some point release a
> product capable of capturing from an HDCP protected output.
> _______________________________________________
Technically, it's for contractual reasons.
HDMI is licensed. Add in the HDCP NDA, vendors are forced to include
HDCP capabilities in their HDMI devices since HDMI CTS 1.3a and later.
Add in royalty price breaks bringing the per unit price of $0.15 down to
$0.04 with HDCP, that amounts to a rather large chunk of change.

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