Thats because most sane people who want to protect content use a CA system and not a lame bitswitch in the stream. Since this stick has no CAM its quite obvious it is for free-to-air services, not some bastardization thereof. Notice how the PCTV boxes like Sasem have disappeared off the market, while in Europe these new devices flourish by their existence open new markets. Cheers Kon On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 20:27 -0500, Tom Barry wrote: > I can't imagine how a USB connected receiver could be robust enough to > be legal in this country after July when the BF deal kicks in. > > - Tom > > > Bob Miller wrote: > > > USB2 HDTV stick capable receiver, neat. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.