[mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

[Warren]

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.

W

H P Ladds wrote:
> 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.
>
> But OTOH why make such an easily disproved claim? Any benefits would
> be very short-lived?
>
> Perhaps it's just a stock play -- their stock was up 5% yesterday --
> and another 5% today.
>
> 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.
>
> It'll be interesting to see what's going on here.
>
>
>
>  
>
> On 4/7/06, *Warren* <warren-lists at icruise.com
> <mailto:warren-lists at icruise.com>> wrote:
>
>     Let me warn everyone here.
>
>     I have had significant dealings with VWB Inc.  I have some of their
>     hardware.  I would warn you to keep far away from this company.
>
>     Having worked with their motherboards extensively, I can tell you
>     that I
>     would be very surprised to see it being a stable solution.  I
>     would also
>     wait to see one of them actually running with cablecard, not just
>     listen
>     to a press release.  Speaking of the press release, the quote is "and
>     includes bidirectional support for the CableCard".  It does not
>     say that
>     they have gotten certification for it.  It could very well just mean
>     that they have a smartcard reader on the motherboard.
>
>     I say again - keep away from this company!
>
>     W
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