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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.


I don't play movies through my computer so I can watch them on my
computer screen, so the DRM problem mentioned in the article you
referenced is not an issue for me.

I do process sound files through various software programs running under
Windows, typically so I can load them onto my iPOD. I haven't had the
first "DRM" related problem.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:50:30 -0500, HK wrote:


I don't play movies through my computer so I can watch them on my
computer screen, so the DRM problem mentioned in the article you
referenced is not an issue for me.

I do process sound files through various software programs running under
Windows, typically so I can load them onto my iPOD. I haven't had the
first "DRM" related problem.

There is considerable FUD relating to this issue, and I haven't been
following it closely, but I believe the DRM hasn't been turned on as
yet. As I understand it, when the protected content becomes available,
it is the content that will ask Vista to activate the DRM. If it's not
protected content, you shouldn't have any problems, in theory.