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The article fails to mention that: a) cable companies will not be allowed to encrypt the local stations (Fox, ABC, etc) b) Non-local expanded basic stations t
by ajg1977 17y ago
The article fails to mention that:
a) cable companies will not be allowed to encrypt the local stations (Fox, ABC, etc)
b) Non-local expanded basic stations that are currently in unencrypted digital (Bravo, MTV, DSC etc) are at best 480p and usually 480i, so having to use an analog tuner from an STB doesn't result in any quality loss.
c) Many markets don't get the expanded basic stations in an unencrypted format already.
- profquail 17y agoEven if the cable companies can't encrypt the local stations, the stations themselves are free to set the 5C encryption flag on a program, which prohibits you from recording it.
- devicenull 17y agoDoes it really? Or does it require some software on the recorder to say "Oh hey, this flag is set, I better not record it"... If it's the latter, then I can't really picture that standing in the way of anyone who really wants to record it