Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Has the "Broadcast Flag" Gone into Effect Early?
Posted by James Fee in "ARTICLE" @ 02:00 PM
"We received an interesting email after the broadcast of 24 on FOX. According to our reader Kesey: “I recorded 24 this evening on FOX-HD (Comcast, Chicago Area) and low and behold, I was unable to Pause, Rewind, or Fast Forward any of the show! I have not heard of this at all, but it seems as though they've found a way to restrict what a DVR can do. On the other hand, my TiVo, recorded the same show, on FOX's non-HD channel and I was able to use all of the DVR functions.”
Interesting. I've heard of no other people complaining about this, but it sure wouldn't surprise me. Frankly it scares me to think one won't be able to fast forward or even pause a show. What the heck is the point of a DVR? Hopefully it is just a problem with the Comcast DVR or just an internet hoax since GadgetMadness.com has the exact same quote from a totally different reader. Comments at GadgetMaddess seem to reflex that other users of the HD-DVR were able to FF and pause so maybe this is just a bug.
Interesting. I've heard of no other people complaining about this, but it sure wouldn't surprise me. Frankly it scares me to think one won't be able to fast forward or even pause a show. What the heck is the point of a DVR? Hopefully it is just a problem with the Comcast DVR or just an internet hoax since GadgetMadness.com has the exact same quote from a totally different reader. Comments at GadgetMaddess seem to reflex that other users of the HD-DVR were able to FF and pause so maybe this is just a bug.
