On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:29:59 -0500, HK wrote:


My cable company sends "digital" signals through its wires, and what you
get on your TV set depends upon the box you have to decode them. I think
I saw a commercial that stated that when the switchover comes, it won't
matter what sort of TV set you have, because the cable company's
equipment will decode it into whatever your receiver needs. Or something
like that!

And then there's the "big switch":

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12..._drm_analysis/

Personally, using Linux, I don't much care about Vista or it's DRM.
However, those signed drivers could be a worry for me.