[Discuss] OT: HD TV capture and bittorrent

[Justin Rebelo]

Steven Kurylo wrote:
>> > 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?
> 
> Could be.
> 
> However looking at their website I don't see it mentioning HDMI, only DVI.
> 
> http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/Television/Digital/Hardware-HD.htm 
> 
> 
> As well I thought only newer HD TV's supported decryption.  In that
> case I would assume Shaw would mention that you need a newer HD TV on
> their website.  They don't, so I assume its not encrypted.
> 
> But thats a lot of assumptions.

I have a relatively new shaw HD unit (not the PVR model) which I got in 
January and it supports either component cables (which I use) or DVI. No 
HDMI, though my TV has enough HDMI ports to feed an army and only one 
set of components or DVI :/

Justin