[NCLUG] MythTV Questions

[Paul Hummer]

> What you are proposing would be theft of service if you did not pay 
> for the cable subscription. Most Myth users would be wiling to pay for 
> a device (CableCard?) that allowed them to use the programming they 
> are paying for in the way they want, but I guess that's too much to 
> ask from an industry that refuses to condone watching a DVD on your 
> platform of choice. 
I have no problem paying for services rendered to me.  That's completely 
fine.  However, it doesn't sound like anyone is willing to allow you to 
make your own set top box, and that's quite a disappointment.  If I'm 
paying for the service, and I'm allowed to use a DVR on it AFTER the 
cable box, why do the cable companies feel the need to encrypt the 
signal?  I guess I just don't understand that much about the cable company.

Paul