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to: Rich Gauszka
from: Geo
date: 2005-02-02 20:18:00
subject: Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

From: "Geo" 

Nope, the card I bought to record HDTV and the software I'm using with it
will completely ignore the broadcast flag. Everything manufactured after
1/1/05 or sold after 7/1/05 has to honor it but there are still some items
out there which were manufactured prior to that that don't check the flag.

Geo.

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:42002a48{at}w3.nls.net...
> I thought all that was controlled by the HDTV DRM broadcast flag anyway <
no
> wonder they want us all to convert to HDTV >
>
> http://www.cippic.ca/en/faqs-resources/broadcast-flag/
>
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:42002863$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:41fd85fe$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >>> CNet has a review of MCE
> >
> > Hmm. I wonder if when you record an HDTV over the air broadcast if there
> > are
> > any DRM features or ID's in the recording that could be used to (for
> > example) track a recording back to the machine that recorded it or
prevent
> > it from playing on other machines, or prevent you from making copies of
> > the
> > file?
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>
>

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