On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:16 -0700, John Sturgeon wrote: > Ian Forde wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 15:30 -0500, Neil wrote: > > > > > >>>The locals won't end (though they might drop to SD on the firewire) but the > >>>non-locals could go away. > >>> > >>> > >>Thanks for the tip Brad. I'm looking into firewire but on my other posts, > >>the guy told me that it may soon be encrypted too. :( > >> > >> > > > >First of all, the "though they might drop to SD on the firewire" is FUD. > >If it's the HD version of NBC, they're not allowed to transcode it down, > >according to the FCC. > > > > -I > > > > > > > ??? What have you been reading? The Broadcast Flag (when enabled) will > not only allow them to transcode it down, it will force them to > transcode it. Once the broadcast flag takes effect, the hardware > manufacturers are going to only be able to output (digitally) SD > quality. Analog is a different matter, obviously. That's what all the > 'Fight the broadcast flag' stink has been about.
<sigh>... http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/110105? search_string=Ian%20firewire%20caputo;#110105 And the specific FCC regulation we were talking about is available at http://makunu.com/browse/show/37812 Besides, the broadcast flag wasn't part of the topic (in my mind, at least) until you brought it up... -I
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