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<blockquote data-quote="WildBill" data-source="post: 1196895" data-attributes="member: 159982">MM &amp; ED -- Thank you for you quick and comprehensive reply, you saved me a lot of time and effort.On the CableCard I was confused by the manual when it said it supports CableCards, I did think it was the part that enabled premium channels. Well over half of what my family watches are premium channels and yes Comcast does set them all to &quot;Copy-Once&quot;&nbsp; and with WMC this is no problem, it works perfectly and they are protected so they only play on the HTPC they are recorded on. It just strikes me so odd that Microsoft of all companies would be the only ones who could figure out how to support premium channels but it is classic Microsoft to pull a product they really got right.I hear Silicondust is working on through a crowd funded effort but I am not holding my breath on it, looks like I'll have to keep my HTPC in Win7.Again, thanks for your help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WildBill, post: 1196895, member: 159982"] MM & ED -- Thank you for you quick and comprehensive reply, you saved me a lot of time and effort. On the CableCard I was confused by the manual when it said it supports CableCards, I did think it was the part that enabled premium channels. Well over half of what my family watches are premium channels and yes Comcast does set them all to "Copy-Once" and with WMC this is no problem, it works perfectly and they are protected so they only play on the HTPC they are recorded on. It just strikes me so odd that Microsoft of all companies would be the only ones who could figure out how to support premium channels but it is classic Microsoft to pull a product they really got right. I hear Silicondust is working on through a crowd funded effort but I am not holding my breath on it, looks like I'll have to keep my HTPC in Win7. Again, thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]

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