<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:59 AM, Tom Greer wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><FONT color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> On Tue, January 2, 2007 09:08, nik gibson wrote: <BR><FONT color="#660066">> I'm in NYC and my only option for cable is Time Warner; everything has <BR>> been fine and I've been pulling HD content over firewire but just this <BR>> past week it looks like Time Warner has added encryption to almost <BR>> every HD channel I want. HBO, Showtime etc... Are all now encrypted. <BR>> <BR>> Do I have any options of am I forced to rent a DVR through Time <BR>> Warner? I would really miss my mythtv box but it's not much use if I <BR>> can't get of the HD channels I want. 5C encryption should be illegal. <BR>> <BR>> -Nik- </FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR>Out here in California with Cox Cable, we have always had the premium high definition channels encrypted. The basic HD channels (ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS, etc.) are not encrypted; but everything else is. <BR><BR>The only solution I see is to do an analog capture, which I have not tried yet.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>But "analog capture" of HD material means an HD-capable encoder. Still the bugaboo of hobbyists and "enthusiasts". Good quality HD encoders are still very expensive (actually, crappy ones are costly as well).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This will change in time, but for now there is not enough content to drive the market, and not enough market to drive the content :-(</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>