[mythtv-users] Hauppauge in trouble with the FCC

[Rudy Zijlstra]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Mar 8, 2008, at 2:18 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
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>> On Mar 7, 2008, at 10:48 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
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>>> On Mar 7, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
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>>>> Does this mean it will be illegal to sell VCRs unless they are re-
>>>> engineered to have an ATSC tuner? That'd be the end of $30 VCRs.
>>>>         
>>> I'd say digital TV is the end of VCRs, period, at least for
>>> recording.  VHS is inherently limited to analog NTSC video.  When
>>> there's no more NTSC, there's not much point anymore...
>>>       
>> http://videoexpert.home.att.net/artic3/256dvcr.htm
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> The $30 analog VCRs had their uses, other than the originally intended  
> ones:
>
> They are/were a cheap way to log analog cameras, for example in  
> security systems. I don't think security cameras are going to go  
> digital anytime soon, if at all.
>   
wrong, the security systems a friend of mine uses in his shops record 
digital (on Harddisk),
thus are using digital input ;)

As security systems go, they are cheap, and can be controlled via the 
network.

Rudy