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)?
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/Windows


"hogman" > wrote in message
...
>
> 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
>
>
> --
> hogman

[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.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> Do you have the latest updates for your Media Center relating to DRM
> (digital rights management)?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
> www.coribright.com/Windows
>
>
> "hogman" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > hogman
>
>