hdtvguy
So Much For Subtlety
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St Catharines, ON
| reply to brorjace
Re: [Niagara] 6416 DVR blackouts
said by brorjace  :don't forget too that some programming is encrpyted against recording. This should never be because:
•1 As of summer 2006 the Federal Supreme Court struck down the ability of the FCC to mandate manufacturers to incorporate "broadcast flag" circuitry into their hardware
YEAHH FOR US!!
•2 Motorola was the only STB hardware manufacturer to incorporate broadcast flag technology
BOOOO FOR US!!
•3 Broadcast channels in the States should me marked "copy freely" CC1=(0x00), marking them "copy once" CC2=(0x02) is against FCC regulations.
YEAHH FOR US!!
So the problem to me is local DTV stations (that Cogeco uses) haven't bothered to stop using the broadcast flag. It is in the ATSC bitstream which Cogeco receives and at the headend remodulates it to QAM and sends it out to our Moto boxes which when seeing the RC_descriptor in the bitstream, now apparently does one of two things or both, stops the ability of the programmed to be viewed and prevents the box from redistributing the content, and the only way it has to do this is via 1394, i.e. FireWire.
If the RC_descriptor is now playing games with the ability to "copy freely" or "copy once" to the hard drive, these Moto boxes are soon going to become very NON-DVR, everyday STB's.
I now highly regret my decision to purchase the box outright versus renting it! |
