Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-12 Thread Steve Adeff
On Thursday 12 January 2006 00:44, Ross Campbell wrote: The whole HD thing is really starting to stink. US government forcing adoption of HDTV due to all of the egg on their face because of the lack of interest around their non-open standard. US governemnt forced to subsidize TV upgrades for

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-12 Thread Dean Collins
Cable companies moving channels from basic cable or extended basic to digital cable just to force people to rent their underpowered cable boxes and pay more per month. Eventually there will be a CableCARD Jon and we'll be in an awkward position of having *hardware* that is legal to use under

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread Jason Werpy
On 1/10/06, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Oexner [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't use 5C encryption. I'm happy to report that RCN San Francisco does not either. Once CableCARD 2.0 ships, what do

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread Joe Votour
--- Jason Werpy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/10/06, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Oexner [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't use 5C encryption. I'm happy to report

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread Steve Adeff
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 12:21, Joe Votour wrote: --- Jason Werpy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/10/06, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Oexner [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread Joe Votour
--- H P Ladds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cable companies will wind up killing shooting themselves in the foot if they're not careful. IPTV over DSL using MPEG-4 is steadily catching up. Will IPTV help us? The consortium of content producers (CableLabs) will still demand that the

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread H P Ladds
Would it read DENIED and thank you for your $100,000.00 application fee? Or is that a bogus tale I heard about the cost of application. On 1/11/06, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- H P Ladds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cable companies will wind up killing shooting themselves

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread Joe Votour
--- H P Ladds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would it read DENIED and thank you for your $100,000.00 application fee? Or is that a bogus tale I heard about the cost of application. On 1/11/06, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- H P Ladds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-11 Thread Ross Campbell
The whole HD thing is really starting to stink. US government forcing adoption of HDTV due to all of the egg on their face because of the lack of interest around their non-open standard. US governemnt forced to subsidize TV upgrades for the masses so that we can get this superior TV that is

[mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-10 Thread Yeechang Lee
Jonathan Oexner [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't use 5C encryption. I'm happy to report that RCN San Francisco does not either. Once CableCARD 2.0 ships, what do y'all think are the odds of a PCI-slot expansion board that comes with one or two

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-10 Thread Byron Poland
On 1/10/06, Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Oexner [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't use 5C encryption. I'm happy to report that RCN San Francisco does not either. Once CableCARD 2.0 ships, what do y'all think are the odds of a

Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

2006-01-10 Thread Joe Votour
--- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Oexner [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't use 5C encryption. I'm happy to report that RCN San Francisco does not either. Once CableCARD 2.0 ships, what do y'all think are the odds of a