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Re: Rogers Digital Cable
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:17:20 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> Rogers definitely has one you can rent or buy. Early reports are it's
> pretty good. But you can't directly save anything off of it. So I was
> thinking if it was possible to build one for around the same price as
> they sell theirs it might be worth the effort.
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> The Digital terminal does have a usb port on it, so it might be possible
> to control. I forget what they call them in USB terms, but it's the
> "computer" end, not the "accessory" end.
My guess is no...
http://forum.byopvr.com/dvr/index.php/topic,2173.msg15904.html
> I was thinking more along the lines of, does someone make a digital
> terminal card for a pc? My guess is things aren't standardized enough
> for there to be one, but it might be possible.
I don't know a heck of a lot about it, but digital cable is both encrypted and
often proprietary. So my guess is, there may be some unencrypted receivers out
there, but who knows if they'll work.
There is a standard called CableCard which allows proprietary digital cable
tuning in a small modular format to be plugged into a digital TV set. In theory
they could use this to provide access to digital TV on a PC. But I don't know
if there's a PCI carrier and software for a PC to use CableCard and AFAIK there
is no CableCard service provider in Canada anyways.
Calum
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