John Shutt wrote: > Why not? For the reasons I stated earlier: Too > many different broadcasters, too many different > boxes, too much potential liability. I just don't see this being more than the risk associated with any scheme to update boxes in the field. My example of a bum video driver update from the Microsoft update site being a perfect example. Each manufacturer creates his own "closed system," if you will, with his own safeguards built into the upgrade executable files. The broadcaster would only be required to transmit the files per A/97, nothing more. The updates can be conducted with no user intervention at all, e.g. while the set is in standby mode, or the manufacturer could set it up to where the user is queried if he wants the update installed now. Possibly, if something goes wrong, the user could revert to the previous firmware. I agree that these updates are risky business, *of course*. Everyone knows that. It's just that the OTA aspect doesn't change the risk factor all that much. A trivial example: just yesterday, my boss finally got around to installing WinXP SP2. And wishes he never had. He had to re-install his original WinXP to get his machine running again. And there was no OTA broadcast involved. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.