On Tue, November 20, 2007 4:57 pm, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: > >> My guess is that this system has maybe a 2-yr lifetime before DRM, >> HDTV >> etc make it obsolete. So it's do it now or not at all. > > > HDTV, excluding the OTA broadcasts that your satellite/cable provider > is mandated to give you free of charge, is already a non-starter if > you want to record signals on your own terms. > > Thankfully my wife is acceptably happy with what she chooses to > record in HD from the broadcast networks (which, admittedly, isn't > much). > > The only other real ways to get HD on your screen are to use the HD > boxes from your satellite/cable provider, use a commercial HD DVR > (like the TiVo HD with CableCard, or one of the many Windows Media > Center OEM solutions with CableCard), buy an HD-DVD or BluRay player, > or download HD rips via bittorrent or newsgroups. >
This corresponds with my uninformed take. The real nasty is that decoder boxes set you back to recording one input at a time, because you have to set up an IR blinkey to change the channel. My only hope is that, as so often happens, the hand off will be delayed several years. I'm quite happy with the resolution on current lower channel TV, which, <all together, now> AFTER ALL, IS ONLY TV. > FCC is mandating we all move to HD, but it's all ending up as premium > channels. Bastards. You got that right. It's this stupid belief that if somebody's getting rich, then the economy is doing well. They'd sell us the air we breathe if they could figure out a way to meter it. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
