[Discuss] OT: HD TV capture and bittorrent

[Adam Parkin]

Steven Kurylo wrote:
>> You answered your own question. Breaking the encryption is the only
>> way to get around this in Canada. Cable companies here encrypt all
>> the digital channels preventing anything (PC, Myth, etc) and anyone
>> from recording the shows other than their own PVR's.
> 
> My understanding was that you need to hook shaw's box up to your card
> (instead of your TV).  You can then record whatever the shaw's box is
> sending you in HD.

I thought Shaw's box output was via HDMI, which (to my knowledge) is an 
encryped signal.  Wouldn't that prevent decoding even if you plugged the 
box into your computer?
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