[mythtv-users] SiliconDust to Announce CableCard Product at CES [RUMOR]

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 18:41:49 UTC 2010


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Rod Smith <mythtv at rodsbooks.com> wrote:
> On Monday 04 January 2010 12:08:00 am Big Wave Dave wrote:
>> This could be an interesting companion to MythTV (if it is indeed true):
>>
>> http://www.geektonic.com/2010/01/silicondust-to-announce-cablecard.html
>
> One of the articles linked to by this one (specifically,
> http://www.geektonic.com/2009/09/microsoft-media-center-announements.html)
> includes the following:
>
> : # Looser DRM Flagging for content – The ATI Tuners will get a firmware
> : update that will relax DRM.  I believe this means that only content flagged
> : as “protected” by the cable company will have DRM – all other content should
> : be DRM-free unlike current CableCard recorded content.
>

I assume this flagging will be similar the 5C on firewire.

John


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