[opendtv] Re: News: BSkyB advances HDTV launch

  • From: jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:44:22 +0100

Hi, 

> Richard Freudenstein, revealed that Sky's 
> HDTV box would feature a similar Personal Video Recorder capability 
> to the existing Sky+ box.
> Freudenstein said that offering PVR capability as a standard in the 
> HDTV arena will ensure that Sky+'s 6000,000 subscribers would 
> continue to enjoy control and flexibility in association with the 
> highest-quality programming.

This is kinda smart... by including a hard disk, you give the 
customer the ability to time-shift and to repeat a transmission. 
But you don't give him the capability to record an infinite 
amount of programming, or to take it out of the settop box. 

By giving the customer 80% of what he needs, you don't need to 
bother with making an output for an external recording device, 
and thus you don't have to worry about content protection ! 
The file format on the hard disk is typically non-standard, and 
(supposedly) incomprehensible for PCs (that have DVD recorders). 

So this generous offer is in fact a smart method of copy protection. 
The DTV receiver with the built-in PVR is a natural combination... 

Regards, 
-- Jeroen 

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