I gotta say if not for the cost, that looks like that could be a sweet
machine to be using for a frontend, looks pretty slick and seems to
have quite a bit integrated/easily upgradable.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On Apr 6, 2005 4:01 PM, <b class="gmail_sendername">dean collins</b> <<a href="mailto:dean@collins.net.pr">dean@collins.net.pr</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It will be something very similar.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I noticed that there are already devices being shown with Cablecard
interfaces.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2317&p=5" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2317&p=5 <img src="chrome://targetalert/content/skin/new.png" border="0"></a>
interesting to note that windows media centre XP will have native cablecard
support built from Q3 this year.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cheers,</span></font></p><span class="sg">
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dean</span></font></p></span><span class="q">
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org <img src="chrome://targetalert/content/skin/mailto.png" border="0"></a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org <img src="chrome://targetalert/content/skin/mailto.png" border="0"></a>] On
Behalf Of Robert Johnston<br>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:56 PM<br>
To: David Shay; Discussion about mythtv<br>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] cablecard</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p></span><span class="q">
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">On Apr 6, 2005 1:36 PM, David Shay <<a href="mailto:david@shay.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">david@shay.net <img src="chrome://targetalert/content/skin/mailto.png" border="0"></a>> wrote:</span></font></p></span><span class="q">
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> Until someone decides to make a PCI card with a Cablecard slot, I
can't see</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> how this possibly "improves the future of MythTV". The
chances of that</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> happening seem slim to none in general, and almost certainly none
once the</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> broadcast flag ruling is in place. And yes, the broadcast flag
still has</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> relevance to cable in some cases, as far as I understand it.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p></span><span class="q">
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Is not this "CableCard" the equivalent of a CAM,
in which case you can</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">use a PCMCIA CAM reader (Or "CI" (Common Interface) reader)
via a</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PCI->PCMCIA reader. You know, those things that early 802.11b PCI</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">cards needed</span></font></p>
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