[mythtv-users] Silicondust Makes CableCard Announcement

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Sat Jan 9 15:24:26 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 02:34:25PM -0500, Jason Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm surprised Apple doesn't fight the "Windows only" approach to CableCard, but
> > they haven't shown much interest that I can see.
> 
> I think Apple is pretty much completely uninterested in broadcast TV,
> and is looking to hasten the end of that as we know it (either via
> iTunes, or some other network delivery manner).  Their whole approach
> to content is is to cut the broadcasters out of it.  Why have a PVR
> when you could have a podcast, after all?

...it's a noble idea but doesn't seem to work out so well in practice.


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