Media Center and Premium Cable TV

[hogman]

I have a HP 7260 Media Center computer, and am trying to get my cable TV
to work on my computer. I am running the signal out of the wall into a
digital cable TV box. From the box I am running S-video to the TV
tuner in the computer.
When I play the regular TV chanels I get great reception, but when I
try to watch a premium channel, such as HBO, I get about 10 seconds of
great video and sound before the picture goes out and I get a media
center error message stating that there is a security breach and the
broadcaster does not allow these programs to be run on a computer.
This has only started within the last week. For the past two months
since getting the computer, I have been able to watch all the channels
with no problem at all.
Has anyone seen this problem and knows how to correct it?
Thanks

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Do you have the latest updates for your Media Center relating to DRM
(digital rights management)?

 

[Chuck]

In October 05 many cable providers implemented "C5" copy protection. As a
result, the cable box outputs that might be compatable with recorders are
often disabled. On our cable box, the firewire port will work if you have a
"cable card" and the appropriate hardware and software to use it. Otherwise,
you are stuck with either a conventional composite monitor, a HDTV monitor
using the appropriate analog inputs, or recording to the cable box internal
HD.