[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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