[mythtv-users] Obama Recommends Delay in Digital TV Switch

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Mon Jan 12 18:39:51 UTC 2009


On Mon, January 12, 2009 9:14 am, Jeff Walther wrote:
> In addition to the extra costs just to tune the new stations, there is
> also the extra cost or added inconvenience to time shift.
>
> For folks like me, who time shifted with an old VCR, the change is a pain
> in the anatomy.

I'm enough of a cynic to think that making recording harder was one of the
goals of the transition.  The existence of the "broadcast flag" in the
standard backs this up.




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