[mythtv-users] FCC releases CableCard changes

[Phil Bridges]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/2010 15:39, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/15/2010 15:25, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anybody care to pontificate on how this affects a MythTV / CableCard
>>>> collaboration?
>>>
>>> None at all.  The release deals with the availability, pricing, and
>>> installation of customer owned CableCard hardware.  It makes no mention
>>> on
>>> access restrictions on content made available through CableCard devices.
>>>
>>> You'll be able to lease a card, and have a tech that is properly trained
>>> on
>>> how to install it, but you're still going to be limited to the 'copy
>>> freely'
>>> content.
>>
>> As it is, I'd be happy to get a 3- or 4-tuner Linux-compatible
>> CableCard box that could tune "copy freely" content.
>
> And you can (or at least you can once the HDHR and Ceton units are
> available), but this release does not change your ability to do so in any
> way.

After re-reading it, I'd have to agree.  At least I wouldn't have to
pay somebody to come out and slide a CableCard in the box and punch
numbers in a phone.