It sure sounds like the underlying idea is to prevent anyone from getting at the program material except with their eyes and ears. Mark Schubin wrote: >Here's a e-mail I just received from someone at the Tech Retreat: > >"BTW, you mentioned in your year in review yesterday that LG hadn't >released a 5th-generation ATSC set-top receiver yet. > >"According to what LG execs have told me for over a year, there are no >plans to release such a product. The 5th-gen circuitry is intended for >integrated HDTVs only. In fact, LG has phased out pretty much all of >their stand-alone ATSC set-top boxes. What's left on the market is being >closed out. Only Samsung has told me they plan to continue with ATSC >set-tops." > >TTFN, >Mark > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.