[mythtv-users] How much is too much CPU?

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
.....
> If they're intentionally restricting the ability of the hardware to play the
> content
.....

By not licensing the MPEG2 codec they probably saved themselves
a few dollars per device(*).  And when you sell millions and millions, that
turns into real money (which is kept in Ireland :-).

Gary

(*) And while many of the MPEG-2 patents have expired, the price
    for the pool has not gone down AFAIK.