[mythtv-users] QAM Decrypt?

[John Drescher]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
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>  On Mar 1, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
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>  > On 01/03/2008 16:39, K Goldenberg wrote:
>  >
>  >> Do I misunderstand, or would this make a killer "tuner" for a
>  >> backend?
>  >> http://www.maxcomcorp.com/index.php?kat=1&sol=3&m=167
>  >
>  > It think you misunderstand, it's not for receiving signals, it's for
>  > sending them (over cables rather than airwaves).
>
>  That's what I thought at first, that it was simply a QAM modulator.
>
>  But, this line is interesting:
>
>  "Locally inserts decrypted TV program from any encrypted cable channel"
>
>  This could be interpreted as meaning the unit will decrypt an
>  encrypted channel, but I don't see how it could do that without a
>  CableCard.
>
The pictures show it is using the firewire port and set top boxes to
achieve that.

John