On Sat, December 22, 2007 10:32 am, David Looney wrote:
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The real motivation
is control over what the consumer can and cannot time-shift and record.
<snip>
so
what if it's your battery powered portable TV that's going to be a piece
of junk after February 2009, and who cares if your fair use copy rights
are going bye-bye ?
When the cable companies phase out analogue altogether (2011 ?), the
MPAA will control the vertical, and the MPAA will control the horizontal.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Lan Barnes wrote:
Everything you say is true.
Not so much a "conspiracy theory" (why do people consider that a
perjorative?) as a money/power grab.
HUH???
Im all for a good conspiracy story but give me a break
there is no motivation or for switching by any attempt to stop time-shift or
recording, and more so the oposite many companies in the video world are NOT for
this switch, its about time the FCC grew a brain and a set, and took what they
need, there only auctioning off those areas they are not using thereselves. TV
is a horrible bandwidth waste whos time is way over... and then your not talking
about unusable your setup uses an antenna instead of a cable from the cable
company then your one of the many who needs to get a coupon from the Gov. and
buy an adapter, a single channel adapter is all of $50 while the multi channel
adapters are not that much more. and as the dealine gets closer you can expect
the price to drop a little, or buy new better PVR cards which have these built
in check out hauppauge for a good selection, or others if your so inclined to
switch brands if your using cable tv then this isnt even a bother, cable tv's
are NOT effected by any analog to digital conversion by GOV forces, YET!! but
the excuse or need isnt there yet cable services dont interfeer with radio
broadcasts.
and this doesnt even touch on the fact that if your really recording over the
air broadcasts in any area near the san diego county line your just doing it
wrong....
Richard Reynolds
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