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Broadcast flag coming in 10 months

Here's a great visual reminder that you won't be able to build a linux-based HDTV personal video recorder after July 1, 2005, thanks to the broadcast flag.

Remember, if you wanted to make a computer-based PVR of your own, better buy that HDTV card before July 1st.

by Matt Haughey September 12, 2004 in News

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I've got mine ;)

Posted by: John at Sep 14, 2004 4:10:37 PM

isb't the card going to stop working after they activate it?

Posted by: jbelkin at Sep 15, 2004 9:52:24 PM

Nope. The broadcast flag won't effect the content at all. It simply tells the decoding hardware/software how to handle the stream. But if the decoding hardware/software (i.e. the pcHDTV card & drivers) ignore the flag, then everything comes through unrestricted. Allowing me to time-shift/record/transcode/copy/backup my hdtv content all I want.

Posted by: John at Sep 16, 2004 10:45:20 AM

Is there any reason to believe that this broadcast flag won't be hacked and rendered useless like so many other DRM soulutions?

Posted by: MrBlank at Sep 28, 2004 1:28:07 PM

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