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As I said, bidirectional support sounds to me like they just included a
card reader. I know for a fact, having several of their 4000 units (3
right now I believe and a prototype for the 400a that was similar but
never released) that the card reader and the chip it connects to are
both present, although when I last worked on it there was no driver
support for the chip they were using on the 4000 board.<br>
<br>
W<br>
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H P Ladds wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid87c8039b0604070738x2f88913cq4d3602a56798ea6f@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">No kidding Warren -- it took Microsoft quite a while to
work out it's CableCard deal. Yet, VWB achieves the same thing, with an
Open OS? And does it without almost no fanfare? Seems odd.<br>
<br>
But OTOH why make such an easily disproved claim? Any benefits would be
very short-lived?
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<br>
Perhaps it's just a stock play -- their stock was up 5% yesterday --
and another 5% today.<br>
<br>
Perhaps they are offering the card without the encryption keys, hoping
that the encryption will be cracked by Linux geeks. But the probablity
of actually going to market with a product intended for illegal
purposes seems very suspect -- especially such a consumer oriented
product. <br>
<br>
It'll be interesting to see what's going on here.<br>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Warren</b>
<<a href="mailto:warren-lists@icruise.com">warren-lists@icruise.com
</a>> wrote:</span>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Let
me warn everyone here.<br>
<br>
I have had significant dealings with VWB Inc. I have some of their
<br>
hardware. I would warn you to keep far away from this company.<br>
<br>
Having worked with their motherboards extensively, I can tell you that I<br>
would be very surprised to see it being a stable solution. I would
also
<br>
wait to see one of them actually running with cablecard, not just listen<br>
to a press release. Speaking of the press release, the quote is "and<br>
includes bidirectional support for the CableCard". It does not say
that
<br>
they have gotten certification for it. It could very well just mean<br>
that they have a smartcard reader on the motherboard.<br>
<br>
I say again - keep away from this company!<br>
<br>
W<br>
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