[H-GEN] now cable capture
Robert Brockway
robert at timetraveller.org
Thu Oct 7 22:37:17 EDT 2010
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Russell Stuart wrote:
> Well, they could encrypt the signal. And as it happens, that is what
> they do. The keys needed to decrypt the signal are generated by a
> smartcard which plugs into the decoder box they give you.
And from the decoder the signal goes to the TV right? The 'TV' can be a
TV tuner card run by MythTV.
I can't see how they can prevent the signal being recorded by a TV tuner
card given that a TV can display the unencrypted signal.
Cheers,
Rob
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