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Recently, some Windows Media Center owners were blocked from recording American Gladiators and Medium because of an incorrectly set broadcast flag from NBC. What's the deal here? The broadcasters (NBC, ABC, HBO) can turn on a flag in their data stream that tells whatever DVR machine on your end that it's NOT alright to record a show, protecting Pay-Per-View or premium channel content from being archived. This has actually been around for years.
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Media Center's Do Not Record Broadcast Flag Is Still Alive
Recently, some Windows Media Center owners were blocked from recording American Gladiators and Medium because of an incorrectly set broadcast flag from NBC. What's the deal here? The broadcasters (NBC, ABC, HBO) can turn on a flag in their data stream that tells whatever DVR machine on your end that it's NOT alright to record a show, protecting Pay-Per-View or premium channel content from being archived. This has actually been around for years.
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700mhz
Dish's Surprise 700MHz Win Means What?
Dish Networks, sat TV provider, has won a block of the 700MHz band in the FCC's recent auction. Given Dish's primary business is television from the heavens, one has to wonder what they're up to. At first, I thought internet, as DirecTV has. But the analysts say that the tiny corner of the band that Dish bought is actually not suitable for 2-way communication, and is better for broadcast. Maybe they're planning to pipe their channels over the airwaves. That could be useful in portables. [Yahoo]
fashion
D&G Medicine Man Watch, Colorbars Cure Drab Style
We're not generally big Dolce & Gabbana buyers, but we love broadcast style. This Medicine Man watch is almost tempting enough to drop the $264. Constructed of stainless steal, the watch features quartz movement, a wonderfully pretentious "indigo" backlight and 50m of water resistance. What do you think, readers? Hot or not?
Short answer: hot. Long answer: We're not reading the comments of anyone who disagrees. [product via 7gadgets]
tv on the go
Best Buy's Insignia Releases First Handheld HDTV...Sorta
This 7-inch Insignia NS-7HTV is technically HDTV in the sense that yes, it does accept ATSC (the over the air HD signal). However, after receiving the signal the 7-inch TV displays the picture on its 480x234 pixel display. 480 x 234? That's not even the 480i that the manufacturer claims. 480i is usually 640x480, not 480 x 234. Unless we're mistaken (which we don't think we are), that's not 480i. More »
nokia
Samsung and Nokia to Collaborate on Mobile TV and DRM Standard, then Invade and Split Universe
Giant mobile and electronics empires Nokia and Samsung have decided that it's best to work together in mobile TV. They want to accelerate the adoption of the technology, all after realizing that past collaborations often brought great benefits to famous former enemies. You know, like funky policemen Starsky and Hutch, great superheroes Superman and Batman or failed comedians Adolf and Josef. More »
home entertainment
Uncle Sam Starts Subsidizing Antique TVs Jan. 1
Uncle Sam is handing out up to $80 a household to go toward the signal conversion boxes your grandparents need to keep watching Heroes on their clunky analog TV after the move to all-digital broadcasting in Feb. 2009. Each coupon is worth $40, while the converters run about $50 a pop. If they have more than one TV (who doesn't) they can ask for two vouchers starting Jan. 1, as long as the initial $1 billion set aside doesn't go dry. More »
announcements
Apple to hold NAB Special Event: Excited Fans to be Disappointed - Probably
Apple is using the NAB show in Vegas next month to make an announcement, but don't get your knickers in too much of a twist about it, say our Bothan spies in the company. The Cupertino company is taking to the floor on Sunday April 15, and there is no new hardware on offer, just new versions of the Pro media software, focusing on the Final Cut Studio suite - which in itself is rather good news. More »
home entertainment
Panasonic Broadcast to Ship the Grandaddy of All Plasmas: 103-Inches, 1080p
Panasonic Broadcast announced it's now shipping its 65-inch TH-65PF9UK 1080P plasma display aimed at the professional market, and also tipped us off that it will be shipping its gigantic 103-inch plasma display, which it calls the world's largest, by the end of this month. It's also rolling out a more reasonably-priced 50-inch version in November. More »
gadgets
FlashMic: Broadcast Mic with Flash Recording
Flash memory is turning up in all kinds of unusual places, and here it finds a home in the base of a high-quality Sennheiser omnidirectional microphone. Powered by two AA batteries, the FlashMic can run for eight hours, and its gig of flash memory can store 18 hours of broadcast quality audio. Although the memory card isn't removable, the resulting files can be downloaded to a Mac or PC via USB 2.0. More »
home entertainment
Content Cartel Makes Backroom DRM Deal
We're hearing rumblings of an informal behind-the-scenes agreement between Hollywood greedmeisters and consumer electronics manufacturers, where the tinseltown moviemakers are vowing to hold off on any broadcast flag bullshit until 2010. The hated image constraint token (ICT), that crippling DRM flag that will automatically downrez HD video if non-HDCP-compliant outputs are used, is a required part of the spec for both Blu-ray and HD DVD players. More »
cellphones
2006 NFL Draft Will Be Broadcast Live To Sprint Subscribers
Some of you will be excited to know that Sprint will be broadcasting sixteen hours hours of live coverage from the NFL Network to their cellphone users during the April 29-30 draft, so you can see the draft live when you're in line at the grocery store, or watch clips of the prospective draft picks on demand as you wait for the bus; we're excited mainly because this gives us yet another way to ignore sports. More »
6:41 PM on Wed Apr 19 2006
By gizmodo.com
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Latest by KsprayDad: Living in Canada and therefore spending my days thinking about Hockey/Beer I thought this was a logo for a new type of beer! Doh! Then I thought...yah, but it's American beer...so I moved on. more »
home entertainment
HBO Wants No Recording of Shows--Ever
Looks like HBO is trying to use a broadcast flag to ban us from recording any of its programming on our DVRs. The company has recently filed with the FCC, saying its shows—and all "Subscription Video On Demand" services—should be labeled as "Copy Never." This means simply, if enacted, that we could never record its content on anything—not even your old, analog VCR. More »
cellphones
Japanese Want Quake-Alarm Cellphones Sooner Rather Than Later
With all the natural disasters this past year, Japan isn't taking any chances. As one of the highest risk areas for earthquakes, the country's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry is looking to develop an emergency broadcast system that would be able to turn on your cell phone and send a warning alarm and other information via text messaging. The system would use a digital terrestrial television broadcasting signal and would receive data, including information about disasters and evacuation instructions and routes. The plan is to use a new broadcasting system called One Seg that will be used to play TV shows on cellphones—due out in April of next year. More »
4:57 PM on Mon Dec 19 2005
By tgrumet
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Latest by x23: it actually looks surprisingly similar to the Tok Cut-Off. because thats what it is. 7.9 earthquake. set off my car alarm. and shook a bit longer than was comfortable. and then broke some roads. the Tok Cut-Off... and the Parks Highway more »
