Saving Tivo > Tivo is dead meat

reply to fAcEtIOUs

Re: Tivo is dead meat

Tivo might be dying, but how long until something comes along to strip the so called broadcast flag. It just seems like something else that is really stupid and is going to cost somebody more money.

If I want to watch last nite's whatever, I should be able to. I don't care if the commercials are there are not. I have a older RCA VCR that marks commercials and lets you skip them automatically. However the commercials are still there so I could still watch them if I want.

The FCC has officially jumped the shark.

reply to chickenhq
LOL, they really think they're going to make the entire United States dump their DVD players, just so they can play "TeH n3W uB@H C0n73N7"? Yeah, right. Do you know how much consumer uproar that would cause?

This conundrum is exactly what RIAA has been fighting with, well, since forever: How do you implement new-age copy protection, yet still keep it compatible with older media readers? Sure they could release a new DRM-ed format that was only compatible on media players made within the last 2 months, but there would be a nation-wide hissy fit of biblical porportions.

So, to quote George, "Bring 'em ON!" Let the MPAA shoot themselves in the foot by rendering 75% of DVD players useless with new encrypted media formats. That'll just serve to show everyone just how much of crooks they really are.