[mythtv-users] QAM Decrypt?
John Drescher
drescherjm at gmail.com
Sat Mar 1 18:21:30 UTC 2008
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
> On Mar 1, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
>
> > 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
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