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CRyan, Exactly why shouldn't they keep you from recording stuff as often as you want? No one has ever given me a good answer to that. It's their movie, if they don't want you to have a copy can't they say "you can't have a copy"? That's my opinion... if you don't like it, don't watch their...

Bob, finally someone on here sees the light... thanks for supporting what I've been saying. :D

Yes, there are 4:3 TV's that are HD-ready. Most also have what is called a 16:9 mode that compresses all the scan lines into the widescreen picture so that you don't use any scanlines creating black bars. If you use this mode you aren't subject to burn in (on a RPTV) because you are still...

Really, for some reason I don't see FoodTV, ESPN, Fox Sports Net, K-Star (shows the local mavericks games) MTV2, Comedy Central, and the Cartoon Network, being in widescreen anytime soon. The Digital cable here doesn't have the bandwith to transmit many channels in HD, and we all know about...

The broadcast a new set over the network, you turn on your TV embedded in the broadcast is the new set of keys for you to use shutting out the hacked ones... Would it be impossible for the hacked boxes to take advantage of this? no, but it does make it more difficult to produce. This is just a...

Toshiba 61" 4:3 $2158 56" 16:9 $1949 Panasonic 51" 4:3 - $1471 Panasonic 47" 16:9 $1451 These two TV's show my point... a 51" TV in 16:9 mode shows the same picture as the 47" 16:9. Same for the 61" vs. 56". Although it is nice to see the prices are getting better. I still contend that if...

Sure you can crack the key... but then they broadcast a new one...

Matt, I couldn't agree more... It's simple to record the compressed mpeg bitstream, which is what TiVO type devices will do. It also what the firewire D-VHS recorders will do. And that's where the record flags come in. Whether something will be timeshift, record once, copy, etc. Everything...

[SIZE=2]Dylan, I know there are processors that fast. I could build you a DSP to convert the DVI stream to analog, and i know such DSP exist already. And if you had a key to unlock the encryption you could do it. It wouldn't be cheap but it could be done. It would be very illegal however...

Also remeber that if most of your viewing will be done in 4:3, you can buy a larger 4:3 set that has the same size picture as a a 16:9 set. For example a 47" 4:3 RPTV is about the same price as a 43" 16:9 RPTV... the 47" TV's image when in 16:9 mode is the same as the 43" 16:9 TV. The only...

[SIZE=2]There may be converter boxes... they will be illegal though, and it's not a simple cheap thing to do... and since HDCP is a key based encryption a new set of keys can be broadcast out at any time making the box worthless...

Dylan, I spoke up... I told all my friends, co-workers, etc, that if they bought an HDTV now it might not be fully functional in the future. Some listened some didn't... the ones that did are happier now.

Sure it was hidden, but only if you didn't look hard. The MPAA didn't hide it. The manufacturer's skirted the issue. And the salesmen should be shot. I knew from the outset what was going on, it made me sick, so I didn't buy a TV. If you really want to make a statement take your TV back...

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I wasn't meaning that rant towards you... just people in general... sorry if you mistook that for an attack.

People are way to caught up in HD-DVD... think about it for a second j6p has just started buying DVD's. What will he think if he's told all of a sudden all the movies he bought on DVD are being re-released on a new format? he doesn't buy it and it fails. You forget that j6p is what drives the...

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[SIZE=2]RyanR, DIVX was completly different than DVI. DIVX had major issues, including but not limited to: only playing on one player, a central server knowing what you are watching and when, and the purchase of a new player. DVI is something entirely different. DVI will shift the studios...

CRyan, That's not true either. With the flags that are avaliable to be used they could allow something to be timeshifted in full resolution, recorded once in full res, and then copied 480P or 480i... or any combination of those. I don't think they'll ever be able to stop timeshifting at full...

Vic, According to RobertR this STB was only for OTA broadcasts. If it could be used to make high-def copies of movies on HBO, then I see their point they don't want you to have a high def digital master to make bootlegs with. Can you honestly say that because a movie is played on HBO you have...

CRyan, show where they put that in writing? The only one that did was mitsubishi by promising to sell an upgrade.

[SIZE=2]Vic, I never argued the points you made. And I offered to compile a list of sources if people were interested, I don't have them all bookmarked for easy linking though, unlike some people I have not made it my life's mission to argue this point.

[SIZE=2]RobertR, I'm trying to be nice but you have no idea what you are talking about.

Francois, You hit the head on the nail. Everyone is saying giving me this new technology or give me that. I want HD-DVD now. But when they are given it they don't want to make any of their old technology obsolete. That just isn't going to happen. It's never happened in any industry...

I've never really understood why people don't like the black bars. I got into an argument with someone once because i insisted there is no difference between a 43" widescreen television and a 47" 4:3 television because they both display the same image size in 16:9 mode (assuming the 4:3...

John, Dan, You really think that you were promised that your TV would work with HD over cable, HD over satalite, or HD-DVD? I imagine if you read the fine print on your HD ready TV is says the exact opposite of that. The manufacturers are selling you HD-ready TV's that are guranteed to...

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Let me re-iterate. As the law is now, it is illegal to encrypt over the air broadcasts. That's part of the agreement the FCC makes with broadcasters when it sells them the bandwith. To change this, the current laws would have to be changed. when that happens petitions and letter writting...

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It's hard to give the exact sources for all these things because they are very plentiful and have been compiled over a long period of time. If you'd like I can go back and compile links to all of them. The most important things are this: OTA broadcasts, i.e. network tv can never be...