[Klug-general] MythTV hardware etc questions

[Evan Ingram]

On 24/05/07 10:46, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> For virgin you need a DVB-C card, which aren't available in the UK due
> to an equipment embargo on import of the hardware. AFAIK only licensed
> companies (virgin, cable and wireless) are allowed to import DVB-C
> reception hardware.
>
> There is no such restriction on satellite reception devices, however the
> small inline decryption device (smart card dongle) are now becoming
> harder and harder to come by, as they were trivial to crack, especially
> with a blank smart card (which require a license to purchase in germany)
> and some digging online for softcam keys.
>
> K,

So a mythtv box couldnt totally replace a sky or virgin box? Presumably
you could still take an output from either and feed through a capture
card into mythtv if you wanted to?

I dont have sky or anything so i'm unaware but whats the current state
with HD content? Is it only available via a satellite? You see all the
sky HD channels, sky sports HD etc, but then ive seen that the BBC do
some HD stuff as well. Do you need a sky subscription to get the BBC HD
channels?

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