SiliconDust, Pearl TV trade blame over issues with a NextGen TV DVR
Pearl TV says SiliconDust's decision to use chips made in China are the reason why its HDHomeRun tuners can't decode encrypted broadcast signals. SiliconDust says that's bunk.
The maker of a popular line of television digital video recorders (DVR) and a broadcast TV consortium are trading blame for an issue that is preventing some newer-model DVRs from being fully compatible with the NextGen TV broadcast standard.
In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month, officials at Pearl TV said SiliconDust’s decision to use a chip made by Huawei in its HDHomeRun broadcast tuners and DVRs is the reason why the company has not secured the proper certification needed to decrypt certain over-the-air channels.