[mythtv-users] Can I use a Ceton InfiniTV device on a Windows 7 box?

[Frank Feuerbacher]

As a result of the issues raised here I read the FCC "Know Your Rights" 
page (https://www.fcc.gov/guides/cablecard-know-your-rights) and I have 
sent Grande Communications a note asking for clarification about their 
pricing; pointing out that they are required to post pricing information 
on their Web Site and that it appears they can only charge me per 
CableCard, not tuner.

I also filed a complaint with the FCC.

Frank


On 1/8/2013 2:17 PM, David Engel wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 01:04:52PM -0500, Ronald Frazier wrote:
>>> I almost inquired about that too.  Now that I think about it, there's
>>> no way they could enforce it since the cable cards don't communicate
>>> back to the cable company.  As long as you get an M-card, all tuners
>>> should work.
>>>
>>> Oops, as I was writing that, something occurred to me.  If the cable
>>> company employs SDV, there is an indirect, upstream communication path
>>> through the tuning adapter.
>> Funny that you mention there's no way to enforce it. I was almost
>> ready to click post with that same statement in my email. Then it
>> OCURed (haha) to me that they could be loading the cablecards with
>> custom firmware that limits the number of tuners enabled. Since the
>> communication process is one way, I'm not sure how they would do that.
>> They could do it before they physically give you the card. That would
>> have the negative side effect of them not being able to easily
>> provision you for more tuners (though I guess they could then
>> "justify" tacking on a service fee for the upgrade, huh). Another way
>> (depending on how cablecards are designed to load firmware, this may
>> not be possible) is that they could just be pushing out the firmware
>> over the network and having it signed for that one card only. If any
>> other cablecards saw the update, it wouldn't be properly signed so
>> they'd just ignore it.
> They can update the firmware over the wire.  I'm not sure if they can
> restrict a specific firmware to a specific card.
>
> I'd still be surprised if any cable company really charged per stream
> on m-cards.  I've heard Comcast has some shady pricing on cable cards,
> though, so I wouldn't be totally shocked.
>
> David