[mythtv-users] Here it is. MPAA wants to close the analog hole

[David Brodbeck]

On Tue, November 25, 2008 7:59 am, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>>From the article at Ars Technica:
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081123-trade-group-video-output-limits-will-hit-millions-of-hdtvs.html
>
> "The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA <http://www.ce.org/>) says
> that,
> if the Federal Communications Commission gives Hollywood a waiver on
> Selectable Output Control, 20 million HDTV sets will cease to function as
> they did when they were bought by U.S. consumers. These controls limit the
> ability of consumers to send a broadcast to both their sets and other
> devices, but current FCC policy prohibits SOC use. The request for a
> waiver
> from that policy comes from the Motion Picture Association of America
> (MPAA<http://mpaa.org/>
> )."

Boy, would that ever be shooting themselves in the foot.  Imagine trying
to explain that one to Joe Sixpack, who probably finds hooking up his HDTV
confusing enough as it is.