[opendtv] Re: Mobile DTV test
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:19:33 -0400
> obey OUR rules. There is nothing in the Broadcast Flag rules to
> prevent you from building a completely legal PC media center.
Yes, it may be possible to put a BF compliant TV card in a PC, or set
a compliant TV on top of a PC. But if PC's cannot gracefully interact
with the CE guys idea of a home media server then I still predict many
media functions will be usurped by general purpose home computer DATA
servers that are much less restrictive, though not compliant. And if
this happens then any media is more likely to both come from and be
shared on the Internet.
- Tom
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> At 7:07 PM -0400 4/15/04, Tom Barry wrote:
>
>>Yes, but how much sense will it make to have a home server that cannot
>> talk to home computers? And yet this seems a possibility given the
>>way things are going. The CE guys may compromise with Hollywood to
>>mostly shut out the PC guys like me. And then of course I'd have to
>>do something different.
>
>
> I think the proper way to characterize what Hollywood is doing is to say:
>
> If you want your PC to play in the entertainment space, then it must
> obey OUR rules. There is nothing in the Broadcast Flag rules to
> prevent you from building a completely legal PC media center. It is
> just a matter of preventing your customer of doing things that they
> have come to expect from a PC. But compliance is feasible...at a
> price.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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