There has to be a way to update the software in these Starchoice and like boxes to play with the US 4DTV channels. Only if Motorola would allow someone to do something we would probably have a winner. I guess the big M looks at the 4DTV as something that won't make them any money so thats why there just letting it die it's slow death. Heck we just lost another channel Showtime W HD that was 4DTV compatible has gone to megapipe.
That's just not in big M's business acumin. They dominate, and if they are in a market, do all the can to squeeze out the competition, capitalism at it's finest. Throw in some old tech bas-ackards proprietary engineering and you have their entire sat dirtro system in a nut shell. It's likely the last thing they want to do is disiminate any more info than necessary for public knowledge, licensing or otherwise 'cause them patch eyed guys would tear that old school stuff up with enough info and todays techie tools. HITS would no doubt kick the entire system to the curb in a matter of months, go with Power Vu etc, leaving big M with not much to do but build cell phones.
Although far from reality, If me you and 100k or so others are watching tv on C band we are a market share that is NOT watching on their primary consumer end a/v market......cable, or other HITS distros, ie competition. It is sad for us, and the free public in general, but it is not in their best interest to support home TVRO