[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Ben Kamen]

On 2/9/2011 3:44 PM, john.baab at gmail.com wrote:
>
> This is going to be the OP's main issue, TWC does some shady things
> with all of their channels and they are not copy-freely.  Therefor
> none of his extenders will work with his cable card content.  I
> mentioned this in his original thread and pointed him at a combination
> of the  HDPVR and HDHR, but it looks like the message was ignored.

That brings up a good point.. I hear cablecards are still a mystery to most local offices...
and when something goes wrong or doesn't work like you expect, who do you complain to that will --

A: Have even the slightest clue what you're talking about.
B: Care.
C: Be able to do anything about it.
D: That doesn't have their hands shackled by corporate.

Going with DRM doesn't seem like the answer and just feeds into the DRM-is-ok-cause-look-at-all-the-people-buying-into-it lie.

  -Ben

p.s. I was also going to rant about the whole, "why do people *gotta have it*. We can just say NO, can't we?"
Imagine if everyone just rejected DRM schemes and really stuck to non-DRM solutions. When companies can't sell something
DRM based, they will give up or go out of business.

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