Well after much searching, I found some information about a purported "long term agreement" that Microsoft announced with DirecTV back at CES 2006, and it looks like the NEXT version of Windows Media Center will include some tightly integrated DirecTV support - but I would imagine that DirecTV and other dish companies are probably just as uptight about their content as the cable companies seem to be.
I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens. I definately won't be going the cable card route unless things change, because I'm not about to spend $1500 on a new machine with built in support for cablecards. I'd switch to DirecTV in a heart beat if they had some kind of integrated solution into windows media center. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248467 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
