Cable card will not be available to DIY MCE
Cable card will not be available to DIY MCE well according to a great article on Cable Card by arstechnica.com
If you actually want to see that protected high resolution content, you’ll also have the opportunity to buy a new monitor that will work with Windows Vista, and a brand-new PC. That’s right—only new PCs from certified vendors will accept a CableCARD. You can forget about buying a copy of Vista and an OCUR to roll your own solution—as ATI told us, their product will only be available in OEM systems, no doubt because of the certification issue.
well worth reading if your interested in Cable Card , note its a certification issue that will hold back DIY builds
February 8th, 2006 at 1:24 am
Terrific! I finally have a reason to cancel my cable forever. Cable Labs won’t actually stop any pirates (HDCP is doomed, and somebody can always pirate the master — it only takes one, after all), but they’ll lose me and several other legitimate customers with their insane anti-consumer technological restraints. At $40/month, they’re losing $2,400 on me over the next 5 years. I’d encourage others to follow.
Goodbye, cable — thanks for making this an easy decision.
February 8th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
This may well be of interest… http://www.runtime360.com/
February 8th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Yep, makes me glad I just purchased an OTA HD card. Now I just need to get an antenna that will pick the stations up. Any suggestions?