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DirecTV sports fans woke up today to find that DirecTV has added more HD to its lineup, those who were especially happy are those in the New York area as DirecTV finally added the long awaited MSG-HD and FSNY-HD to their lineup. All the new HD channels added today are Regional Sports N…
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Good article, the only quibble I have it the sentence: "There is no word yet when HDCP will be turned on, or even if it will ever be used, but providers must have it in place and ready to work for when content providers do want to protect their work."
You may have had to say it that way for journalistic reasons, but I have to quibble with it.
Content providers who enable HDCP aren't "protecting" their work, they're legally stealing from the customer by removing the customer's ability to excersise their fair use rights.
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The minute HDCP is turned on and component connections have a reduction in resolution is the minute I will smell a class action suit. If the TV set has the ability to display the full resolution and that is taken away this is grounds for a class action. I've talked with many lawyers about this and they all say they will be looking at this very closely. I have a few lawyers who said they cannot wait until this happens as it would be the first high profile case to get their career started.
This will be a very very very big issue and it most likely will create such a major uproar that the government will either stop this from being done "or" they will require the TV companies to upgrade and/or replace HDTV sets that don't support HDCP. Most likely cable and satellite HD boxes will be told by the government they cannot enable HDCP while other third party boxes will be allowed to have HDCP. So a Blue-ray HD DVD player could be allowed to enable and enforce HDCP. The issue is that your taking something away from the customers over no fault of their own.
The government can just mandate that no analog recording device is allowed to be sold and this would fix this entire issue. Beyond that the government would require that any recording device of any kind must be digital with HDCP. As long as this is done the government would only allow HDCP to stop recording of a show to a device that doesn't support HDCP. But playback via a DVR box to a TV should be allowed without HDCP.
Good article, the only quibble I have it the sentence: "There is no word yet when HDCP will be turned on, or even if it will ever be used, but providers must have it in place and ready to work for when content providers do want to protect their work."
You may have had to say it that way for journalistic reasons, but I have to quibble with it.
The minute HDCP is turned on and component connections have a reduction in resolution is the minute I will smell a class action suit. If the TV set has the ability to display the full resolution and that is taken away this is grounds for a class action. I've talked with many lawyers about this and they all say they will be looking at this very closely. I have a few lawyers who said they cannot wait until this happens as it would be the first high profile case to get their career started.
This will be a very very very big issue and it most likely will create such a major uproar that the government will either stop this from being done "or" they will require the TV companies to upgrade and/or replace HDTV sets that don't support HDCP. Most likely cable and satellite HD boxes will be told by the government they cannot enable HDCP while other third party boxes will be allowed to have HDCP. So a Blue-ray HD DVD player could be allowed to enable and enforce HDCP. The issue is that your taking something away from the customers over no fault of their own.
The government can just mandate that no analog recording device is allowed to be sold and this would fix this entire issue. Beyond that the government would require that any recording device of any kind must be digital with HDCP. As long as this is done the government would only allow HDCP to stop recording of a show to a device that doesn't support HDCP. But playback via a DVR box to a TV should be allowed without HDCP.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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The 2025–26 College Football Playoff concluded with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27–21. [1, 2, 3]
Playoff Results Summary
The 12-team playoff bracket featured the following key results across each round: [1]
The 2025–26 College Football Playoff concluded with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27–21. [1, 2, 3]
Playoff Results Summary
The 12-team playoff bracket featured the following key results across each round: [1]
- First Round: Alabama defeated Oklahoma (34–24), Miami (Fla.) beat Texas A&M (10–3), Ole Miss topped Tulane (41–10), and Oregon defeated James Madison (51–34) at higher-seeded campus sites.
- Quarterfinals: Miami (Fla.) upset Ohio State (24–14), Oregon shut out Texas Tech (23–0), top-ranked Indiana rolled past Alabama (38–3), and Ole Miss edged Georgia (39–34) across the New Year's Six bowls.
- Semifinals: Miami (Fla.) advanced past Ole Miss (31–27) in the Peach Bowl, while Indiana dominant-defeated Oregon (56–22) in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Walter Koenig, Chekov on Original ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90
Walter Koenig, who memorably played Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series and seven "Star Trek" feature films, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Preorders Open for the Brax Wink De-Googled Phone #shorts
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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. can we say over priced garbage!!!I'm thinking of switching to DirecTV and wanted to know what equipment I should be asking for.
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
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why not just do a rebranding of the two
As they pivot away from using dishes and more toward streaming, the DirecTV brand would make much more sense.why not just do a rebranding of the two
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agree to a certain point!!! is charlies pockets gonna get tight and will he cancel channels because he don't want to pay for them??? a hopper 3 on dtv channel lineup would be amazing and every mans dream come true lol
Squirrels have eaten my antenna wire on my home unit that is a car radio running of the 12 volt side of my solar system. I need a new antenna and would like to add something to one of my existing masts. The reason I am looking at this that I am also covered in trees which has not been a problem, but something mast mounted would future proof me. Thanks in advance.
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We have the pro-500 and it's a beast pulling in the signal!!! always full bars no matter how much it rains. it's worth every penny
I am a animal lover, but this year I gave up gardening. Even moved it to potted plants on the second story deck last year. Can't tell you how much use my Ruger 10-22 got, but it was a losing battle for me. Never got any food. So now they eat coax instead! 20 acres of dense woods behind me and my stuff tastes better, either veggies or wires!
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i might think about running cables through some conduit to prevent the Squirrels from chewing em all to hell
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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