[mythtv-users] cablecard

Robert Johnston anaerin at gmail.com
Wed Apr 6 19:56:06 UTC 2005


On Apr 6, 2005 1:36 PM, David Shay <david at shay.net> wrote:
> Until someone decides to make a PCI card with a Cablecard slot, I can't see
> how this possibly "improves the future of MythTV".  The chances of that
> happening seem slim to none in general, and almost certainly none once the
> broadcast flag ruling is in place.  And yes, the broadcast flag still has
> relevance to cable in some cases, as far as I understand it.

Is not this "CableCard" the equivalent of a CAM, in which case you can
use a PCMCIA CAM reader (Or "CI" (Common Interface) reader) via a
PCI->PCMCIA reader. You know, those things that early 802.11b PCI
cards needed


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