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Microsoft Announces CableCARD Support

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the if-you-yell-loud-enough-and-long-enough dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "Microsoft and CableLabs announced today that they have reached agreement that will allow digital cable ready CableCARD supported Media Center PCs to ship by the Holiday Season next year. Lack of premium HDTV cable or satellite support was frequently cited as one of the largest weaknesses of the Media Center platform. Central to this agreement is the DRM protection scheme developed by Microsoft to protect HDTV cable programming under the OpenCable process."

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  1. The Sad Comment. by Chickenofbristol55 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Will I be able to get Pr0n?

    It's the question on everyone's mind!

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  2. Re:Anyone else see the irony... by tehshen · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, OpenCable refers to the method of stripping the safety plastic coating from the wires, lowering the product safety level to that of other Microsoft products.

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  3. Re:Anyone else see the irony... by Jerry+Coffin · · Score: 4, Funny
    Anyone else see the irony in the "OpenCable" process being used to DRM TV content?

    It jumped out at me. Fortunately, /. has Irony Rights Management to prevent these vicious attacks on innocent bystanders. Thank God somebody's out there Managing my Rights!

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  4. Re:DRM you gotta' love it by Retired+Replicant · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got a few other names for DRM: "Defective Retarded Malware", "Disingenuous Rights Massacre", "Dinosaur Rescussitation Maneuver", "Desperate Royalty Milking",...