[mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers

[Ijaaz A. Ullah]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Petersen
>Sent: 10 August, 2004 11:31 AM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers


>> The Twinhan card should work with FTA on Mythtv, I would look for a 
>> better price though.  There is some good info on getting Mythtv and 
>> Twinhan working at http://dvbn.net just search for mythtv+twinhan, I 
>> think you have to register with them to be able to search for
anything 
>> good. There are some code hacks for mythtv there, I wish they were 
>> some sort of plugins, that would be cleaner.
>
>Could someone enlighten me a bit about this stuff?  Are you telling me 
>that I can plug this card straight into the coax cables coming from my 
>Dish dish, and have access to the pure digital signals coming from the 
>satellites?   What about encryption, etc?  I thought all of that sort
of 
>stuff was all smartcard protected.


I'd like to learn more about this stuff too, it sounds really
interesting.