Tivo vs MythTV

[Ben Scott]

On 11/8/06, Chip Marshall <chip at 2bithacker.net> wrote:
> There are/will be CableCard adapters for PCs, such as the ATi OCUR (Open
> Cable Uni-directional Receiver), but from what I've seen, they'll only
> be available to Windows Media Center PC OEMs.

  Well, since all a CableCARD is is a PCMCIA card, technically, there
are already adapters.  :-)  The hard part is getting CableLabs
certification.  Only then will you get the crypto needed to enable the
CableCARD.  By all accounts, CableLabs has been giving TiVo no end of
grief in approving their system, which is a closed box.  And the
so-called media cartel is one of the only industries that's had the
desire and ability to tell Microsoft to bugger off, so I wouldn't
count on Microsoft pressuring them into doing anything.  I could see
CableLabs certifying something as a very locked down, pre-built box,
perhaps -- essentially the same as a TiVo, just running 'doze instead
of 'nix on the inside.  But a card that anyone can plug into their PC?
 I doubt the media cartel nazis will accept that.

-- Ben