[dwollmann]

Is it just me, or are the media conglomerates grossly overestimating the amount of trouble the public are willing to go through to view their mind-numbing crap?

Personally, I couldn't be happier about this mess. Eventually they'll give me a good reason to throw the stupid TVs in the trash where they belong no matter what my wife and kids say about it.

[Huusker]

And thanks to the DMCA copyright law if you try to bypass the encryption on the new crippled HDTV sets you are committing a federal felony and can be fined up to $500,000 and spend 5 years in jail.

[shadowman99]

In order to really clamp down, they will need to do away with any interaction with analog VCRs, camcorders, and older peripherals.

Are you child's first steps on video? Your wedding? Grandma and Grampa's last Christmas? Don't expect to watch that stuff on new equipment! It won't have a copyright stamp.

[facedown]

Transmissions employing the HDMI system, its supporters say, could not be recorded with current digital recorders or even those now being developed.

The p2p-type hackers'll crack this system in a matter of weeks...well, maybe months, but they'll crack it.

[Houmatt]

"Aimed at thwarting movie piracy"?

Are they saying recording a movie off the air for personal use is piracy?

Doesn't the Betamax decision trump this?

And although I do not own an HDTV, where does the line begin for the class action suit?