Well, if people are all so afraid of losing the abliity to record from their favorite digital media, there is a simple solution for that. At least, the way I do it.
Now, I still have my old VHS VCR, runs great, and has no qualms what-so-ever about recording things.
I also have a DVD player, and one of those huge digital cable boxes that is bigger than it.
Right now, if I remove that cable box, I can still get all 99 channels of the basic service. Not normaly a problem, if what was said above is true.
It would be the other 300 pay channels that would cause problems. Well, it's simple. Most people will still have their VCR's, just because they don't want to toss something that cost them money. If it is hooked up after the cable box, (most likely)all they have to do is turn the cable box to the channel they want to record, and start the VCR to recording.
Nothing they do can stop this, that I have seen yet. Mainly because if they try to make it unrecordable by that means, they make it unwatchable by anything less then a tv you have to buy direct from them, with it's own little decoder.
Now, I admit, I am uninformed about a lot, but this is a simple bit of logic. Divx did so well in the first quarter or two because of sales people pushing them as regular DVD's.
I feel they'll try to do that with TV's as well, until the public finds they can use these TV's with anything but a cable box. (Kinda redundent, but you know how those companies like to have us spend money.)
Just my two cents.
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Well, if people are all so afraid of losing the abliity to record from their favorite digital media, there is a simple solution for that. At least, the way I do it. Now, I still have my old VHS VCR, runs great, and has no qualms what-so-ever about recording things. I also have a DVD player, and one of those huge digital cable boxes that is bigger than it. Right now, if I remove that cable box, I can still get all 99 channels of the basic service. Not normaly a problem, if what was said above is true. It would be the other 300 pay channels that would cause problems. Well, it's simple. Most people will still have their VCR's, just because they don't want to toss something that cost them money. If it is hooked up after the cable box, (most likely)all they have to do is turn the cable box to the channel they want to record, and start the VCR to recording. Nothing they do can stop this, that I have seen yet. Mainly because if they try to make it unrecordable by that means, they make it unwatchable by anything less then a tv you have to buy direct from them, with it's own little decoder. Now, I admit, I am uninformed about a lot, but this is a simple bit of logic. Divx did so well in the first quarter or two because of sales people pushing them as regular DVD's. I feel they'll try to do that with TV's as well, until the public finds they can use these TV's with anything but a cable box. (Kinda redundent, but you know how those companies like to have us spend money.) Just my two cents.