[mythtv-users] Uh-oh... pcHDTV slashdotted

Cory Papenfuss papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
Tue Nov 9 12:39:20 UTC 2004


> The flag is a single descriptor in the PSIP data.  It really is just a flag. 
> Easy to ignore.
>
 	... but mandated to NOT ignore after July, '05.  Also, it's 
mandated to make it "difficult to circumvent."

 	Although everyone professes that it does not prevent you from 
recording your TV shows, there has yet to be a standard (AFAIK) on how 
these new "flag-compliant" devices will talk to each other.  To me it 
sounds like a huge cluster fsck that horribly abuses Joe Consumer.  "Oh 
no, sir.  If you connect to the Panafonic XB-9000 receiver, you'll need 
the XJ-DVI cable.  The older model XB-8500 has been compromised, so the 
XI-DVI cable doesn't work anymore.  You'll need to purchase an adapter box 
to go from XJ-DVI to XI-DVI."  etc, etc... ad nauseum.

-Cory


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