[AlaskaErik]

And digital tv programming means that the entertainment industry can now correct the erroneous (in their eyes) decision of the Supreme Court to permit home taping (Sony betamax decision) of tv shows. With a digital stream, they can block recording, put in forced expiration dates, etc. And if you circumvent those controls you are in violation of the Digitial Millenium Copyright Act.

Fine with me. I only record two shows and some movies on TCM. If I can't record them in the future I'll just find something else to do with my time. TV is pretty much a wasteland as it is. Go ahead, give me an excuse to stop watching it altogether.

[biscuit jane]

Does this mean no more rabbit-ears tv/radio reception for us low-tech hicks ?

Now us hill-folk will have to buy dish tv etc ??

[Hyzenthlay]

You know, those converters they’re gonna have to sell will have to put out an analog signal in the end... muahahaha... and I’m the girl who broadcast the first LOTR movie to her neighborhood (I was only trying to set up the VCR equivalent of a wireless internet network) when I was about 13. So I’ll just happily be in violation of the DMCA.

[pctech]

Fine with me. I only record two shows and some movies on TCM. If I can't record them in the future I'll just find something else to do with my time. TV is pretty much a wasteland as it is. Go ahead, give me an excuse to stop watching it altogether.

I agree, I don't watch TV much anymore myself.