I don't see how the HDFury is getting away with it now.  Section 3.4.1 of the HDCP license agreement:

3.4.1 Audiovisual Content. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 3.3.1 of these Compliance Rules, a Presentation Device shall not permit the output of Audiovisual Content Decrypted HDCP Content in any analog representation.

Seems to me this is exactly what the HDFury is doing.  If it is considered a repeater and not a presentation device, it is not even allowed to have analog outputs.

WRK

The hdfury device is already shipping with valid keys and a signed license.  Maybe that can change, but they already certified it.

Ok, so...

DirecTV HD Service + HDFury + Hauppauge HD-PVR + SageTV + IR Blaster + Video Card w/ high def. out + HD TV = Full on HD content from DirecTV on my TV?

As a side note and my 2 cents, IR blasting craptacular.  I want the real integrated deal!

Yup or wait for the directv tuner card. And when you are done wait some more :)

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This is an intresting update from DirecTV.  Wonder if something like this will come to the HDPC box for Media Center..

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/directv-rolls-out-remote-recording/

Roy

Remote booking is now working for me!! It was not working yesterday and i recieved a conformation email from D. Soooo Cool...

 

PLUCKYHD:

Yup or wait for the directv tuner card. And when you are done wait some more :)

WARNING: Unconstructive comment coming ... but I need to vent.

Those butth*les have been strining me along forever.  They can suck it!

I'm still looking forward to this.  My neighbor had enough of a view of the southern sky from his patio (about 10 feet from mine)...  hopefully I will, too.

Think waiting for this is frustrating?  Try living with Cablevision service. :)   

A free remote record service already exists for Media Center PC's, regardless of your cable/satellite provider.   You can go to tv.msn.com, personalize the guide based on your zip and TV provider, find a show, and record it to one or more Media Center PC's you've registered with the service.  It requires a free Windows Live ID (Hotmail account, for example) and installation of a lightweight remote record app on each Media Center you want to manage remotely. 

Check out this page for more info.

JayFluegel:

A free remote record service already exists for Media Center PC's, regardless of your cable/satellite provider.   You can go to tv.msn.com, personalize the guide based on your zip and TV provider, find a show, and record it to one or more Media Center PC's you've registered with the service.  It requires a free Windows Live ID (Hotmail account, for example) and installation of a lightweight remote record app on each Media Center you want to manage remotely. 

Check out this page for more info.

You can also install WebGuide4 which includes the same functionality (plus a whole lot more).

http://www.asciiexpress.com/webguide/

Yeah, I should have mentioned WebGuide4 as a good alternative, but I'm having issues getting the live/recorded tv streaming working on my x64 machine, so it's not top of mind :-)

I sent directv an email about the tuner and what time frame to expect and heres what i got back from the cs.

"Thanks for writing. I understand that you'd like to know the time frame for the newly announced HDPC-20 PC tuner. I'd be glad to assist you.

Any proposed new equipment or enhancements to current equipment are subject to change until a formal announcement is made. More details will be available to you mid 2008."

So expect a long wait.

JayFluegel:

A free remote record service already exists for Media Center PC's, regardless of your cable/satellite provider.   You can go to tv.msn.com, personalize the guide based on your zip and TV provider, find a show, and record it to one or more Media Center PC's you've registered with the service.  It requires a free Windows Live ID (Hotmail account, for example) and installation of a lightweight remote record app on each Media Center you want to manage remotely. 

Check out this page for more info.

The feature you are referring to is MSN Remote Record. Unfortunately, Microsoft still believe the world is flat and if you leave the US-of-A you will fall of the edge of the world. As a result this service is not available to the rest of us (and yes we do have such new fangled things as e-lec-tri-city, and tel-e-vis-ion even outside America).

Furthermore, this new DirecTV service (Remote Booking) has already been available here in the UK for over a year via Sky (a sister company to DirecTV and also owned by Rupert Murdoch) under the name Remote Record see http://mysky.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyproducts/remoterecord

I have used Remote Record myself and while it works, it does not let you remotely check to see what programs have already been scheduled, or how much space you have left, etc., it only lets you schedule new recordings (and you have to hope there is space for them).

PS. Here in Europe, we have been recording Sky (our equivalent of DirecTV) using Media Center 2005 and Vista for years (using DVB-S tuners), even though Microsoft still have yet to get off their enormous posteriors and provide official support for DVB-S. There are even some people recording DVB-S2 but not in Media Center (since Microsoft have still yet to add support for H.264).

Unfortunately, Microsoft still believe the world is flat and if you leave the US-of-A you will fall of the edge of the world. As a result this service is not available to the rest of us (and yes we do have such new fangled things as e-lec-tri-city, and tel-e-vis-ion even outside America).

Isn't the restriction really due to the content and the potential to place-shift outside of the designated broadcast/cable area?  It is really the same reason you cannot use DirecTV outside of the US or Sky outside of the UK.  Believe me, I would LOVE to get Sky here in the states to see EPL in HD!

Webguide is very interesting, but it is abandoned and seems to be unreliable to a certain extent.  I know some have it working VERY well.  I had it working fine for quite a while, but my latest HTPC doesn't want to play nicely.

getz76:

Unfortunately, Microsoft still believe the world is flat and if you leave the US-of-A you will fall of the edge of the world. As a result this service is not available to the rest of us (and yes we do have such new fangled things as e-lec-tri-city, and tel-e-vis-ion even outside America).

Isn't the restriction really due to the content and the potential to place-shift outside of the designated broadcast/cable area?  It is really the same reason you cannot use DirecTV outside of the US or Sky outside of the UK.  Believe me, I would LOVE to get Sky here in the states to see EPL in HD!

Webguide is very interesting, but it is abandoned and seems to be unreliable to a certain extent.  I know some have it working VERY well.  I had it working fine for quite a while, but my latest HTPC doesn't want to play nicely.

No, MSN Remote Record is equivalent to DirecTV Remote Booking and Sky Remote Record in that all it does is let you remotely schedule a recording to be done by your DVR back home. It does not stream video or let you access a service you cannot get at home.

This lack of being able to use MSN Remote Record outside the USA is purely down to Microsoft completely failing to support international customers.

I really cannot see what the problem is, MSN Remote Record is little more than a website, they obviously already have access to the TV scheduling guide data already since they provide that to Media Center customers outside the US currently and the mechanism for linking it to Media Center already exists as used in the US, it merely seems to be that they cannot be bothered.