Here's the two television sets I was speaking of. analog 28" inch (actually, 27 when measured) Sony http://www.etherguidesystems.com/Demos/IMGP0055.jpg digital 32" inch (actually, 31 when measured) Funai/Sylvanie http://www.etherguidesystems.com/Demos/IMGP0056.jpg same tape measures used for both sets. height of picture on both within 1/2". And, that was because I told mom to buy one at least 32" wide so that her picture on 4:3 content would be as at least as big with the new set as the old. It's been so long, I don't have my math sitting around (I did this last year) but if I can get it right, I suspect that Craig can, in time. John Willkie -----Original Message----- >From: Tom Barry <tom.r.barry@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: May 23, 2008 11:58 AM >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center >Play By? > >It is good to get all this out in the open since then consumers can >choose to purchase either TV recorders that can record TV or those that >cannot. > >And I personally consider it extremely unlikely that (pending other >legislation by Congress) any court would hold that any recorder >manufacturer would have a legal obligation to honor the current >broadcast flags on OTA TV. After all, if the courts have already said >even the FCC does not have the power to enforce that flag then it is >fairly sure that NBC doesn't either. > >M$FT was voluntarily pandering to Hollywood and I hope it costs them >market share. > >- Tom > > >John Willkie wrote: >> this posting is specious and foolish. NBC -- and CBS o&o's by the way -- >> asserts the broadcast flag. The former appears to not know that they are >> doing do. That's their bad. >> >> Microsoft's Media Center/Vista simply follow the language of the ATSC A/65 >> spec in the presence of the broadcast flag, which means -- simply that >> "“technological control of consumer redistribution is signaled." >> >> The court's decision was that the FCC could not make this language a mandate >> against receiver manufacturers. (Sorry, but I ACTUALLY read and UNDERSTAND >> [for the most part] court decisions.) >> >> The decision didn't say that manufacturers couldn't respect the flag (it >> said the opposite), just that the FCC didn't have the jurisdiction to force >> them do so so. >> >> MS is an ATSC member. They are simply following the instructons that NBC >> puts in their transport stream. >> >> We had a "somewhat higher level" discussion of this on my PSIP list earlier >> in the week, and used the CNET posting. >> >> There is a pending question as to whether ignoring the flag is a violation >> of the Copyright Act. That is too complicated for a CNET article, of course. >> >> John Willkie >> EtherGuide Systems >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: May 23, 2008 4:47 AM >>> To: undisclosed-recipient@null, null@null >>> Subject: [opendtv] Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center >>> Play By? >>> >>> >>> May 19th, 2008 >>> Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center Play By? >>> Posted by Danny O'Brien >>> >>> While its customers are still puzzling over why Vista Media Center is >>> suddenly refusing to record over-the-air NBC digital TV, Microsoft >>> has come out with an astounding admission, courtesy of Greg Sandoval >>> at CNet News: >>> >>> "Microsoft included technologies in Windows based on rules set >>> forth by the (Federal Communications Commission)," a Microsoft >>> spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "As part of these >>> regulations, Windows Media Center fully adheres to the flags used by >>> broadcasters and content owners to determine how their content is >>> distributed and consumed." >>> >>> Microsoft's statement shines light on how Microsoft expects Media >>> Center to behave. If this is the company's explanation for what users >>> are seeing when attempting to record digital NBC broadcasts >>> over-the-air, then Microsoft is saying Vista obeys the broadcast >>> flag: a requirement rejected by courts and Congress. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/microsofts-masters-whose-rules-does-your-media-cen >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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. >> >> > >-- >Tom Barry trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.