recording Comcast digital channels with MythTV

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:49 PM, kenta <kenta at guster.net> wrote:
> Except when it's designed to not let you record content, but not enforced.

  Just to be pedantic, it's not *used* for Comcast Basic and Extended
Basic.  It's the cable operator who gets to decide.  They're not using
it for Extended Basic, so there's nothing to enforce.  I don't know
why Comcast doesn't encrypt their Extended Basic, but there you go.
I'm honestly surprised the cable networks haven't mandated it.

  Comcast Basic means local broadcast channels, and the FCC says
operators have to make those available for no additional charge, so I
suspect it's actually cheaper for Comcast to send them plaintext.  If
they were encrypted, they'd prolly have to give out more equipment
than they do now.

-- Ben