On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Lee Larson wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Henri Yandell noted: > >> That's just for HD tuners right? I considered the idea but I don't own HD >> and my eyesight is too poor to make owning HD worthwhile :) > > That's right. Starting July 1, 2005 all HD signals will have a "broadcast > flag" to prevent devices from recording and streaming the signal. You won't > be able to record an HDTV broadcast and burn it to a DVD without > "customizing" your hardware. (And the DMCA makes such customizations > illegal.) > > I predict there will eventually be a consumer rebellion against this type of > stuff. Hope so. It's a really sneaky thing, tying the tyranny to the future technology without consumer unhappiness, as consumer's won't care about the technology for a year or two and the law will be grandfathered in as such. Any reason why I couldn't record a HD signal using a non-HD card? Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
