[mythtv-users] Uh-oh... pcHDTV slashdotted

[Dan Lanciani]

Wendy Seltzer <wendy at seltzer.com> wrote:

|At 7:39 AM -0500 11/9/04, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
|>>The flag is a single descriptor in the PSIP data.  It really is 
|>>just a flag. Easy to ignore.
|>>
|>	... but mandated to NOT ignore after July, '05.  Also, it's 
|>mandated to make it "difficult to circumvent."
|
|For devices manufactured after that date.  There is no mandate to go 
|back and "fix" devices already in the field.  Samsung appears to be 
|overreacting in its choice to downgrade existing settop boxes (unless 
|those boxes deal with something other than over-the-air broadcast TV, 
|as elsewhere it might be governed by contract).

But do you think that part of the overreaction is to lie and claim that
un-downgraded boxes will crash?  Or is there a genuine problem (perhaps
intentional) that will make non-compliant devices with a digital output
fail after the transition?  Are there any set top boxes available with
FireWire output that are not in this situation?  (The MDR-200s are "back
at the factory" whatever that means.)

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl at danlan.*com