broadcast flag compliant because of what? (appeals court ruled the FCC didn't have the authority, and sacked it; haven't paid attention to the process, but broadcast flag is now dead, until Congress gives the FCC the authority.) John Willkie -----Original Message----- >From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Oct 24, 2006 4:04 AM >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Silicon Image rolls HDMI transmitters for PCs > >At 3:56 PM -0400 10/23/06, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >>There you go. Now a laptop with tiny USB TV receiver can easily become >>the DTV PVR/STB for a home theater system, even if the broadcast flag is >>used. >> > >That's quite a leap Bert. These devices simply give the PC the >ability to hook up to the HDMI input of a display. To turn the PC >into a PVR you will still need a tuner and the implementation will >need to be HDMI and Broadcast Flag compliant. All of this is >possible, but non-trivial. > >Regards >Craig > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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.