[mythtv-users] The Death of MythTV in the US?

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Chris Ribe wrote:
> 
>>  Actually, the picture in the cnet story shows component in as well.
>>  The action implied by the quote from Gefen, encrypting the hard drive,
>>  would presumable render the component capture unusable (to the pvr
>>  enthusiast, anyway) as well.
> 
> I think the important  quote was the one referring to passing through
> HDCP.
>  There is nothing wrong with capturing HDMI and passing it along
> unencrypted - as long as you aren't bypassing HDCP.  Blackmagicdesign
> makes a $300 HDMI capture card, but it won't capture from an HDCP
> protected source.  If the Gefen box was recording HDCP protected
> transmissions in the clear, well, that was dumb.
> 
> -chris
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What I want to know is, if Gefen can strip the HDCP protection from an HDMI
signal, why can't we?
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