[mythtv-users] HD Homerun Prime with MythTV

[R. G. Newbury]

On 08/29/2010 10:11 AM, bhaskins wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 28, 2010 08:46:39 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>> On 8/28/2010 21:42, bhaskins wrote:
>>>> Yeechang Lee wrote:
>>>>> Shawn Asmussen <shawn.asmussen at gmail.com> says:
>>>>>> Actually, the new HDHR looks like it is going to have 3 tuners, so
>>>>>> for your scenario it'd be three monthly STB rentals you could
>>>>>> compare it against.
>>>>> Interesting. I currently pay $22 a month to rent two cable boxes. I
>>>>> don't know how much my cable company charges for an M-Card but my
>>>>> understanding is that most only charge a few dollars a month.
>>>> I have been renting a M-Card for over a year, using it in my own
>>>> DCH3416.
>>>> Today ( 08/28/2010 ), I received a letter from my cable company saying
>>>> that as of 08/25/2010
>>>> they will no longer allow this and I am to return this card to their
>>>> office.
>>>> Isn't it nice of them to give me a negative three days to
>>>> watch/transfer the shows that
>>>> I have recorded on this box?
>>> I'm pretty sure that's illegal. The WHOLE POINT of cablecard was so
>>> that you could buy your own box and rent a cablecard to use it. You
>>> should check the actual FCC regulations and file a complaint.


Take a look at the on-line Consolidated Federal Regulations, 
specifically Title 47 part 75 section 1204.

The 'navigation device' referred to in that section IS a set top box 
etc. and that section seems to prohibit the cable-co from selling an 
access device which incorporates OTHER functions, and prohibits the 
cableco from denying the user the right to use his own unit.

The OP should start by visiting the nearest FBI office, or the office of 
the US Attorney. (Helps if you have to escalate to the Congress-critter 
or the media, if you can say..."I pointed out that this was illegal and 
they said...'Meh'"

IANALITUSA

Geoff