<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dennis Lou</b> <<a href="mailto:dlou99@yahoo.com">dlou99@yahoo.com</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;">
<br>Actually, CableCard exchanges signed certs. If your slot (host) presents a cert to the card that is not signed by CableLabs, the card won't talk to you.<br><br>-Dennis<br><br></blockquote></div><br>What I am thinking is to have some manufacturer design a tv capture
device with a pcmcia slot for a POD. This device can work with current
ATSC and QAM signals just as current pcHDTVs or HDHomeruns. The
manufacturer ships the card with a flashable firmware and leaves the
implementation of POD protocols to the open source community, this is
key to prevent cablelabs from pressuring the manufacturer. <br>
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Then we can come up with very interesting POD implementations that may
be useful for small cable companies somewhere. Of course the final goal
is to produce a cablecard protocol and getting the certs will require
some heavy lawyering but it is likely to end with the FCC forcing cablelabs to
issue it.<br>
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Yeah, I know this is sounding crazier by the minute but you cannot deny is doable.<br>
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