[mythtv-users] Non-OTA ATSC HD Capture

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 29 July 2004 16:47, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>  	I suspect that with the broadcast flag enforced for copy
> "protection," and QAM for closed-circuit bandwidth conservation,
> cable companies might start broadcasting unencrypted QAM channels.  I
> thought that FCC et al. wanted to have consumer-grade "HD
> cable-ready" TV's and such to work without magic settop boxes.  The
> broadcast flag allows for unencrypted, but "protected" streams to
> come down the wire to a cable-ready tv.  Of course I could be all wet
> and they'll require a magic box to get *anything* over the cable
> soon.


I thought that the FCC mandate was to allow for digital-cable-ready 
devices that would simply require a 'key' card to be plugged in to 
allow decrypting the signal from a particular provider.  It eliminates 
the need for a particular set-top box, but doesn't eliminate the issue 
of encryption.

-JAC