At 5:18 PM -0400 4/19/06, John Shutt wrote: >Bert, > >What if the Broadcasters, mean and greed lot that we are, got the FCC to >mandate Philips "TV-Advert Enforcer" chip to be installed in all TV sets, >STBs, and recording devices? Who are you going to buy your television from >then? > >Lest you think this is far-fetched, I simply point to the Broadcast Flag. At that point it affects me not. I currently do not have a TV service of any kind, including no Over the air, and yet I still watch every program I watched when I had a satellite subscription. I'd like a way to pay a fair price for the service I enjoy but the studios/networks don't let me do it that way, so they miss out completely, as do their advertisers. -- Philip Hodgetts Latest blog article: "What's left for the Labels and Studios, Networks or Channels?" http://www.philiphodgetts.com News, tips and the best resources for Apple's Professional Applications: http://www.proapps-hub.com Download now, it's free. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.