[mythtv-users] TIVO and cablecard ?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/03/2010 03:22 PM, Misc Things wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:32 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Misc Things wrote:
>>     
>>> http://www.geektonic.com/2010/01/hauppauge-confirms-cablecard-device.html
>>>       
>>> "... but good news nonetheless for MediaCenter fans who have gone from
>>> seeing non CableCard tuners available to several.  Hauppauge will be joining
>>>       
>>> SiliconDust and Ceton as new, small companies developing CableCard tuners
>>> for MediaCenter HTPCs."
>>> ok. another 2 years and i'll probably be able to use the myth as i plan :)
>> Win7 can provide the approved path since it can prevent you from
>> accessing the content you paid for in an unencrypted form.
> sorry about top post - it's default for gmail. so i forget sometimes.
>
> it bedazzles me that i can't own smth i payed for. to me it's like buying a
> car and returning it after the first ride....
> Let's see what will happened.
>   

Check your contract.  You never payed for the content.  You paid for the
cable TV *service* (i.e. paid someone to send a signal to your
house--and they keep doing that as long as you keep paying).  No where
do you gain rights over any of the content of that signal.

There's a /huge/ difference.

Mike