Re: Sky Digital and MCE 2004

From: Robert Schlabbach (robert_s_at_gmx.net)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:20:21 +0100

"Nigel Barker" <nigel@hp.com> wrote in message
news:6k1s405rnikb7776ngpqt7op0haic9q5mu@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:37:11 -0000, "Nigel Andrews"
> <nigel.d.andrews@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > If you want to receive from the Sky box then I think you need an
> > analogue tuner card.
>
> There are DVB-T tuners supported by MCE that do have an s-video input
> as well as the built in Freeview tuner. The Philips (Emuzed) for one.

But the analogue portion of this card does NOT feature a hardware MPEG-2
encoder, and can thus NOT be used with MCE. You really need an analogue PVR
card to use MCE in conjunction with an external receiver.

BTW, specifically for Sky Digital, AFAIK there is _NO_ hope on the horizon
to ever be able to use it with a digital receiver card, because Sky is
keeping a tight grip on their encryption system (VideoGuard) and does not
allow any Conditional Access Modules (CAMs) to be produced for it, thus
forcing you to use only their receiver boxes. If you disagree with this,
boycot them by switching to Freeview ;-)

Regards,« 

-- 
Robert Schlabbach
e-mail: robert_s@gmx.net
Berlin, Germany

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