Wow that cablecard thing is a problem. I guess it never dawned on me, PC watching TV, the tuners are all digital, but don't include HD - because the tuners can't decrypt the cable signals. And then all the twisting up in their own underwear over OEM stuff.
It's funny when you look at that picture - sort of resembles the back side of this $5000 monster. Yeah the article says $300 per card. I don't know, I'd almost buy a TiVO HD, bust it apart and take the two cablecard deals out of that baby ($250 all in, two cablecard slots). Oh yeah, sure it would take a lot of work and fun. Or shoot, just use the TiVO.
Taking CableCards from something else won't work. They're tied to the specific device via security checks of the hardware present.
If CableLabs allowed $200 cable cards in ANY HTPC, you'd probably see satellite companies fail in 2 years. But... they're too stupid to do something like that.
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Wow that cablecard thing is a problem. I guess it never dawned on me, PC watching TV, the tuners are all digital, but don't include HD - because the tuners can't decrypt the cable signals. And then all the twisting up in their own underwear over OEM stuff.
Well a quick google of that topic, and it all circled back around to where???? ENGADGET HD!!!!
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/cannon-pc-starts-offering-internal-cablecard-tuners-for-sale-sep/
It's funny when you look at that picture - sort of resembles the back side of this $5000 monster. Yeah the article says $300 per card. I don't know, I'd almost buy a TiVO HD, bust it apart and take the two cablecard deals out of that baby ($250 all in, two cablecard slots). Oh yeah, sure it would take a lot of work and fun. Or shoot, just use the TiVO.
Taking CableCards from something else won't work. They're tied to the specific device via security checks of the hardware present.
If CableLabs allowed $200 cable cards in ANY HTPC, you'd probably see satellite companies fail in 2 years. But... they're too stupid to do something like that.