Premium Channels Copy Protected After Upgrade

[radagast]

Hi all,

Just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience.

I had a HTPC running Win7 ultimate x 64 media center with a Ceton Infinitv tuner using a cablecard from Comcast. I noticed that about maybe half of the movies I recorded from Comcast's HD premium channels like Encore, HBO, and Showtime were not flagged as protected. That was great, since I could edit out the pre and post padding and reformat the movies so my WDTV could play them.

About two weeks ago, I upgraded my HTPC to a substantially more energy efficient computer. All computer hardware was new, except for the Ceton tuner and it's cablecard. Since my upgrade, I have yet to record a premium channel movie that is not protected. Has anyone with Comcast cable noticed a recent change to where ALL premium channel movies are now protected where they were not before, or did I have some sort of unique setup that incorrectly flagged movies as not protected (which I ruined with the upgrade)?

Did I kill my golden goose?

Thanks for any feedback!

[gpatlanta]

I thought I read recently that Verizon was going to start protecting HBO, but don't recall any Comcast news. I thought Comcast was already protecting everything. As for me, I am TWC and the only thing not protected very annoyingly is Fox, NBC, ABC, and CBS.

[Scallica]

Your hardware upgrade had nothing to do with the copy protection flags. Yes, Verizon recently notified customers that they will start using the copy-once flag on some premium channels such as HBO.