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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 986955" data-attributes="member: 82144">Totally understand.If only there were no such thing as DRM!Unfortunately we have very little control/power to change the situation.I think it is also unfortunate that in the general case consumers don't realise they are choosing to use services that limit their choice or ability to use the service in the way that suits them best. In your case you are now aware of the issue, but it may well be that you don't have access to any other cable provider.Overall CableCARD is a step in the right direction because it forces cable companies to give you some means to use a PC (or some other CableCARD-supporting system) instead of their set-top-box. This is a much better situation than in Europe and other parts of the world where CI+, cloaked CA (no CAM/CableCARD and no smartcard - you *must* use the set-top-box), and other proprietary/closed/tightly-locked-down systems are being rolled out with no regulation or provision allowing consumers to demand alternative ways to access/view the content.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks, and I'm sorry we can't help you. Once again, we have little power to change the situation - we can't afford (and don't really want) to implement DRM support, and we can't force the cable companies to set their channels to &quot;copy freely&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 986955, member: 82144"] Totally understand. If only there were no such thing as DRM! Unfortunately we have very little control/power to change the situation. I think it is also unfortunate that in the general case consumers don't realise they are choosing to use services that limit their choice or ability to use the service in the way that suits them best. In your case you are now aware of the issue, but it may well be that you don't have access to any other cable provider. Overall CableCARD is a step in the right direction because it forces cable companies to give you some means to use a PC (or some other CableCARD-supporting system) instead of their set-top-box. This is a much better situation than in Europe and other parts of the world where CI+, cloaked CA (no CAM/CableCARD and no smartcard - you *must* use the set-top-box), and other proprietary/closed/tightly-locked-down systems are being rolled out with no regulation or provision allowing consumers to demand alternative ways to access/view the content. Thanks, and I'm sorry we can't help you. Once again, we have little power to change the situation - we can't afford (and don't really want) to implement DRM support, and we can't force the cable companies to set their channels to "copy freely". [/QUOTE]

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