[mythtv-users] Advice on buying DVB-C card with CI support

Friedrich Clausen fred at derf.nl
Mon May 18 15:08:50 UTC 2009


On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM, belcampo <belcampo at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Espen A Fossen wrote:
> Yes, 1,5 year, that is the Satelite version which I still use and which is
> the same card as the DVB-C, that I have only used for 1 or 2 months, the
> only difference between the cards is the version of the tuner. Here in the
> Netherlands only 1 or 2 brands of CAMs work for DVB-C. I don't remember
> which they were. It's really important to know if the CAM you need will
> work.

And I might add that if you are in NL and on UPC then nothing will
work - I am not sure of the details but I think they use some
proprietary extensions to the crypto that only allows approved devices
access (ie. only their DVRs.)

Cheers,

Fred.


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