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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1197069" data-attributes="member: 82144">I'm sorry if you thought my answer was condescending. I certainly didn't intend for what I said to be interpreted that way.In your prior reply you didn't just say &quot;figure it out&quot;; you specifically said: &quot;figure out how to support premium channels&quot;. Hence the angle of my previous replies.Have you tried MediaPortal?If yes, I'd be more than happy to discuss setup and usability issues with MediaPortal's CableCARD support if you'd like to raise specific points or questions.If no, I'm not sure what basis you have for saying &quot;figure it out&quot; or that &quot;it takes a near rocket scientist&quot;. With the greatest respect, I don't think anybody is in any position to pass judgement on our product until they've actually tried it.I find it very difficult to follow your logic and I disagree strongly with some of the things you said. Nevertheless you're fully entitled to hold and express your opinions.As a small (less than 50 people) organisation made up of volunteers that survives on donations, we haven't got a hope of raising the required funding. Other organisations that are in a better position than us have tried and failed too. For example, look at JRiver's failed KickStarter campaign:<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvplus/can-jriver-media-center-replace-windows-media-cent" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvplus/can-jriver-media-center-replace-windows-media-cent</a>If you go by that result, the business case is a very long way from being viable. Like I said, it's no wonder Microsoft canned WMC.Standards for CableCARD already exist. They're produced by industry bodies like CableLabs (<a href="http://www.cablelabs.com/specs/specification-search/?specification_cat=273&amp;specification_subcat=70" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.cablelabs.com/specs/specification-search/?specification_cat=273&amp;specification_subcat=119" target="_blank">here</a>) and the <a href="http://www.scte.org/standards" target="_blank">SCTE</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1197069, member: 82144"] I'm sorry if you thought my answer was condescending. I certainly didn't intend for what I said to be interpreted that way. In your prior reply you didn't just say "figure it out"; you specifically said: "figure out [B]how to support premium channels[/B]". Hence the angle of my previous replies. Have you tried MediaPortal? If yes, I'd be more than happy to discuss setup and usability issues with MediaPortal's CableCARD support if you'd like to raise specific points or questions. If no, I'm not sure what basis you have for saying "figure it out" or that "it takes a near rocket scientist". With the greatest respect, I don't think anybody is in any position to pass judgement on our product until they've actually tried it. I find it very difficult to follow your logic and I disagree strongly with some of the things you said. Nevertheless you're fully entitled to hold and express your opinions. As a small (less than 50 people) organisation made up of volunteers that survives on donations, we haven't got a hope of raising the required funding. Other organisations that are in a better position than us have tried and failed too. For example, look at JRiver's failed KickStarter campaign: [URL]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvplus/can-jriver-media-center-replace-windows-media-cent[/URL] If you go by that result, the business case is a very long way from being viable. Like I said, it's no wonder Microsoft canned WMC. Standards for CableCARD already exist. They're produced by industry bodies like CableLabs ([URL='http://www.cablelabs.com/specs/specification-search/?specification_cat=273&specification_subcat=70']here[/URL] and [URL='http://www.cablelabs.com/specs/specification-search/?specification_cat=273&specification_subcat=119']here[/URL]) and the [URL='http://www.scte.org/standards']SCTE[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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