yeah, and what about my ReplayTV ???? > They are doing all this to disallow recording? Doesn't that break the whole > "time-shift" allowance that lets us record things to vcr's for later > viewing? (can't remember the law) > > What about stuff like tivo? > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:28 PM > >>To: CF-Community > >>Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > >> > >>Those have been available. Basically, the DTV decoder box has a S-Video > >>output that you can plug into an analog TV. > >> > >>The whole point of this proposal is to kill those boxes because you can > >>just > >>as easily plug them into a VCR and record something. Oohh gosh golly. > >> > >>Kevin Graeme > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:32 PM > >>> To: CF-Community > >>> Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > >>> > >>> > >>> How much you wanna bet they offer set-top digital-to- > >>> analog converter boxes - at a suitable cost, of course... > >>> > >>> -Ben > >>> > >>> > Gee, there goes the new analog TV I just bought > >>> > > >>> > -----Original Message----- > >>> > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:54 PM > >>> > To: CF-Community > >>> > Subject: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > http://www.msnbc.com/news/810360.asp?0dm=C15LT > >>> > > >>> > U.S. lawmakers are working on an effort that would render standard > >>> > televisions and VCRs obsolete within five years by > >>> > requiring broadcasters to switch to digital, copy-protected signals. A > >>> > proposal released Thursday by Rep. Billy Tauzin, > >>> > chairman of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce > >>Committee, > >>> > would require broadcasters to transmit digital > >>> > signals by the beginning of 2006, and require them to cease > >>> standard, analog > >>> > broadcasts by the end of that year. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
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