Posted by Phat Bytestard on 01/16/22 11:53

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:52:32 GMT, not@home.now (GMAN) Gave us:

>In article <cki0c212r1ogdqhfrigfir2t96dnmqrd75@4ax.com>, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote:
>>On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:20:29 -0000, Doug Jacobs
>><djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> Gave us:
>>
>>>Even then, the strongest locks in the world won't make a bit of difference
>>>if the theives just drive a truck through the wall.
>>
>> Stupid analogy.
>>
>>> In other words, you may
>>>not have to crack the encryption if you can otherwise bypass it altogether.
>>
>> It isn't some stupid console gaming system.
>>
>> Not if the firmware checks for it in more than one location and at
>>more than one instance during playback. You won't be hacking these
>>players any time soon.
>>
>> HD, High res signals won't be on your DVR any time soon either. Even
>>those that would claim so have a dumbed down (overtly compressed)
>>datagram.
>>
>> Good luck with that.
>WTF are you talking about? I already own a HiDef DirecTV reciever with Tivo. I
>already can record HD stuff and i have been able to for damn near 2 years now.


It is wide format, but not True HD. What you watch is, but what you
are able to record gets downgraded. And temporal recording onto a
hard drive is NOT permanent recording on optical storage mediums.

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