[mythtv-users] Optimum Cable Copy Once creep

[Lars Olav Husebo]

>>> Heads up on more Copy Once! I'm on Optimum Cable on Long Island for
>>> three years now, and until recently all "non-premium" channels (e.g.
>>> CNN, Disney Channel, Comedy Centra, Cartoon Network, NIck, some
>>> sports channels, etc) were CCI labeled copy freely and "premium"
>>> channels (e.g. Disney XD, TeeNick, sports and movie channels, etc) were
>>> labeled copy once. However, since this summer more and more
>>> "non-premium" channels are getting the Copy Once tag. Over the summer
>>> at least TBS, TNT, and USA networks got it. And just a week ago Comedy
>>> Central, CNN, Cartoon Network, and Nick among others were switched to
>>> Copy Once! I'd say well over half of the "non-premium" non-broadcast
>>> channels have Copy Once tags. I gave them a call, and was told by a
>>> supervisor that, yes, that is the way it is going...
>>>
>>> So now I will have to bite the bullet and install a Windows 7 machine
>>> for those channels until HDHomerun DVR actually works with Copy Once
>>> protected channels.
>>>
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>> What's your Windows 7 solution?
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> My Windows 7 solution is Windows Media Center. MCE is certified to work with the HDHomerun Prime to record copy once tagged programming. It is a bit outdated, not as nice as Mythtv, but is the only option currently available for Cable Cards and not needing a cable company set top box.

And my abbreviation skills are lacking. I mean of course WMC. Not MCE.......