[mythtv-users] MythTV in my spam

[Johannes Becker]

As far as I know the use of HDMI is defined for the future in Europe.
There is a articel in one of the last CT magazines about that.


On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:29:25 +0100, Jens Baumeister
<jens.baumeister at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:43:54 +0000, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> 
> > here in europe they have finally agreed on what HDTV standards are going to be
> > adopted. Sky TV (the major satellite broadcaster in the UK and Ireland) has
> > stated that their boxes will only have HDMI (with  HDCP protection) output
> > for HD. what will i/we do with myth then?
> 
> Not an answer - just some additional thoughts: Over here in Germany,
> they're in the middle of converting FTA TV to DVB-T. (Wow, three
> acronyms right next to each other...) Since they only started this
> conversion last year and don't expect it to finish until 2010, I
> figure that (perhaps in addition to HDTV) unencrypted DVB broadcasts
> should be a given for the next couple of years. (Otherwise they'd pi**
> off all those people who just bought a DVB-T receiver because it was
> "the future".)
> 
> We've had a few HDTV test broadcasts and there's talk of HDTV
> channels, but it's going to be a couple of years before it's going to
> gain any significant adoption. (No talk of broadcast flags yet, but if
> the US regulations should really come through the way it is planned, I
> wouldn't be surprised if the EU gets pressured into using the same
> system.)
> 
> I think it's similar for other areas: The switch to HDTV will be
> gradual - if you're recording DVB or analogue TV, your investments
> into your mythbox should be save for another couple of years.
> 
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