Do the motion picture studios, cable, satellite, dvr makers pay HDTV manufacturers to NOT allow this technology in the U.S.? Panasonic in the UK has tv's that record (R series, 500GB drive to record digital) and soon will have blu-ray players (DMR-BS850) that will record.
Here in the U.S. Panasonic even crippled the ota guide on it's 2009 tv's. Who is paying to keep technology out of our hands?
I don't know if they US manufacturers stopped this or not.
OTA (broadcast) HD is "in the clear" by law in the US, so you can record to disk it if you have a tuner and a firewire port.
That said, I would not be surprised if they rallied against this technology because it's *convenient* and *easy* -- even your mom could do it. With firewire capping, you need at least some computer savvy to do so.
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Joseph0808 @ Jun 24th 2009 12:29PM
Do the motion picture studios, cable, satellite, dvr makers pay HDTV manufacturers to NOT allow this technology in the U.S.? Panasonic in the UK has tv's that record (R series, 500GB drive to record digital) and soon will have blu-ray players (DMR-BS850) that will record.
Here in the U.S. Panasonic even crippled the ota guide on it's 2009 tv's. Who is paying to keep technology out of our hands?
EatingPie @ Jun 24th 2009 3:13PM
I don't know if they US manufacturers stopped this or not.
OTA (broadcast) HD is "in the clear" by law in the US, so you can record to disk it if you have a tuner and a firewire port.
That said, I would not be surprised if they rallied against this technology because it's *convenient* and *easy* -- even your mom could do it. With firewire capping, you need at least some computer savvy to do so.
-Pie