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Hate the new Windows 'start menu'? Get the classic XP menu back with this little app! {Download Squad}
Nov 21st 2009 5:42PM You really should tell people you close all your apps just to launch new ones with desktop shortcuts. It makes you look like a simpleton.
Spending on cable and satellite services are up {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 3:28PM @Scott
My FIOS bill has been identical for three years.
Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 2:15PM @Mitch
I agree that once you pay to watch something once you should be able to watch it wherever and whenever you want.
Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 2:13PM @John B
Two wrongs don't make a right, never have, never will. Those that are against the use of SOC are already on the higher ground, there is no reason to sink to the MPAAs level to succeed.
Those that are using component for their HT do not currently have access to movies via cable before they hit DVD, that isn't going to change.
Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 2:10PM @John
Not at all. SOC is a very bad idea because it will just confuse and piss off legitimate customers who don't understand why they can't watch a movie.
But that doesn't mean it is ok to lie about the facts to garner support. Everyone will understand that it is a bad idea, there is no need to try to dumb it down and in the process over-sensationalize it and make your claim down right incorrect.
Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 2:08PM @reggie14
You make a great argument, but I guess what I'm trying to say is that the MPAA could accomplish the same thing by getting the cable co's to stop using boxes with component output and then disable the content any any older boxes.
I don't think we will lose the DRM battle because DRM is a bad idea, but it takes Hollywood longer to figure out that then the rest of us. So they'll waste all this money for nothing and piss off consumers and then eventually realize how big of a waste of time that it was.
Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 2:05PM @Schwinn
The clear QAM situation is bad which is why I used it as an example of something the FCC screwed up.
Engadget HD Podcast 164 - 11.17.2009 {Engadget HD}
Nov 20th 2009 2:00PM @dslate
Thanks for your feedback and I agree, the balance is off, we need to find a way to recognize without disrupting the flow.
Thanks
Ben
Broadcasters predictably unsettled about FCC taking away spectrum {Engadget HD}
Nov 19th 2009 6:16PM There are many reasons why this is going to be a hard road to pave, but protecting a business model isn't exactly a good argument to continue to allot the most valuable spectrum in America for use by only 10 percent of the population.
Is a new TiVo imminent? {Engadget HD}
Nov 18th 2009 2:07PM I haven't tried the DirecTV DVR in some time, but I just saw it a month or so ago and the UI was still very ugly and basic. The multi-room features are brand new and the techs couldn't even get it to work at the CEDIA booth. On top of this there are only two tuners and almost no cool internet streaming features.
So no, it isn't even as good as the TiVo, never the less in contention for the best HD DVR.
