Worse. It means "there goes that new digital TV I just bought". The way they pass the signal now isn't encrypted and this proposal is to encrypt it. Most digital TVs sold so far have external tuner boxes. These decode the signal and pass it to the TV. This new proposal would make current tuners obsolete because they can't pass the encrypted signal to the screen.
Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:03 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > > > Gee, there goes the new analog TV I just bought > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/810360.asp?0dm=C15LT > > U.S. lawmakers are working on an effort that would render standard > televisions and VCRs obsolete within five years by > requiring broadcasters to switch to digital, copy-protected signals. A > proposal released Thursday by Rep. Billy Tauzin, > chairman of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, > would require broadcasters to transmit digital > signals by the beginning of 2006, and require them to cease > standard, analog > broadcasts by the end of that year. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
