ZDNet: HD recorders unlikely is U.S.

[landlocked]

Expense and cultural differences may keep recorders out of the U.S. market (at least for now):

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6122067.html

 

[Pepper]

Any device available in the USA which is capable of digital recording on removable, portable, or copyable media will likely be severely crippled by the copyright protection goons.

 

[T2k]

Umm no: it will be crippled by the rotten FCC & Congress, via laws and regulations, bought by Motion Picture Ass America & their ilks.