On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 16:37, Andrew Bowden <andrew.bow...@bbc.co.uk> wrote: > From: Adam Bradley >> Similar questions to Andrew's above will be asked, of course. >> "Why can't I record this TV show?", > > Unless I've missed something (and I'm sure someone will tell me if I > have!) there's no proposals on the table to prevent people from > recording HD content - as long as the user has a suitable device.
you're not wrong. you can always PVR stuff, you're just limited in what you can do with that recording. > And if we're honest here, the overwhelming majority will have a suitable > device. I know one of my colleagues has an uber amazing magatastic > satellite dish that has three tunes and can control the position of his > satellite dish, but most people buy their box from Currys or Tesco. The > chances of a major UK retailer selling something that wouldn't support > this "protection" system are very slim IMHO. that's a big part of why it's wrong... >> "Why do some of my shows not copy to my iPod?", etc. > > It's so hard for me currently to get SD content off my PVR and on to my > iPod that I've never done it. This is despite me having a PVR which has > a USB connection so I can download stuff on to my PC, and me having the > software that converts (eventually!) the transport stream into an MPEG2. on the flipside, these workflows are pretty new territory for the STB manufacturers, and are improving all the time (where not hamstrung!) > Ease of use aside, even the iPhone 4 doesn't really have the screen > resolution to require HD content - will many handheld devices really > need HD? next year's iPad will probably do at least 720p, judging by the iPhone 4 (it's not _that_ far off now). there are HD tablets emerging, too. > Of course there's an argument that what if you've only recorded the HD > version, but for me the ease of use of getting stuff off a PVR or > something and onto a handheld still makes it a pretty niche requirement. well, I do wonder about this: how well will the downscaling work? if you've recorded an HD prog, will you be able to get an SD version off it that isn't complete tosh? I don't have a huge amount of faith in this, and that's saying something. > This is actually where services like iPlayer will really make a > difference because iPlayer can do all the hard work - for the user it > would just happen nicely. oh, definitely... where iPlayer hasn't also been artificially restricted (hello, Android). M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
