Posted by Alpha on 09/03/05 05:28

"Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> "Serial # 19781010" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:52:50 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
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>>>> OK. But the question still remains-any stand-alone recorders where you
>>>> can bypass the internal burner and write the files directly to the
>>>> hard disk on your computer instead of burning a DVD?
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>>>Not in the US. Recorders with firewire connections to a computer were
>>>banned in the United States.
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>> Another way of protecting "intellectual" property rights I assume?
>> Banned by whom?
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> The MPAA worked with the commerce department.
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Or was it Macrovision with justice? In any case, there are ports on many
DTV cable boxes for firewire...they are all disabled in the US. Pioneer and
Panasonic both have set-tops that can be connected to a computer...but these
models are only available outside Canada and the US.

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