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Yes, but you already have the plugin community providing full Netflix and Hulu support via PlayOn. Which while not perfect, solves most people’s needs. Although integrated Netflix support would be great.

With the new tuners out, which CableLabs has approved to be able to act as network tuners, there has been discussion around any software application being able to access the content which has been protected by the hardware device.

CableLabs has already agreed that Copy Freely content could be accessed by any software package (no certification or anything required), it wouldn’t be too big of a jump to have then any PlayReady software or device be able to access and playback the restricted content, since a PlayReady software package or device would already be fully supporting the mandated DRM and what could be done with it.

So it’s possible that only the tuners need to be CableLabs certified, to ensure that they correctly wrap the video in DRM, while any software package that supports PlayReady DRM could then play the video.

[Naylia]

Yes, but you already have the plugin community providing full Netflix and Hulu support via PlayOn. Which while not perfect, solves most people’s needs. Although integrated Netflix support would be great.

With the new tuners out, which CableLabs has approved to be able to act as network tuners, there has been discussion around any software application being able to access the content which has been protected by the hardware device.

CableLabs has already agreed that Copy Freely content could be accessed by any software package (no certification or anything required), it wouldn’t be too big of a jump to have then any PlayReady software or device be able to access and playback the restricted content, since a PlayReady software package or device would already be fully supporting the mandated DRM and what could be done with it.

So it’s possible that only the tuners need to be CableLabs certified, to ensure that they correctly wrap the video in DRM, while any software package that supports PlayReady DRM could then play the video.

[Naylia]

If you think about the possible reasons that SageTV would embrace PlayReady DRM, the only one that really makes sense is for CableCARD support. Without it they are for the first time at a major disadvantage to WMC in their ability to record content.

Supporting PlayReady just to support other random music, movies, etc that are protectd by DRM makes no real sense for Sage.

[Naylia]

If you think about the possible reasons that SageTV would embrace PlayReady DRM, the only one that really makes sense is for CableCARD support. Without it they are for the first time at a major disadvantage to WMC in their ability to record content.

Supporting PlayReady just to support other random music, movies, etc that are protectd by DRM makes no real sense for Sage.

[Naylia]

PlayReady is the DRM that is required by CableLabs to support CableCard on the PC

Netflix has also announced that they will be using PlayReady for all upcoming streaming devices.

[Naylia]

PlayReady is the DRM that is required by CableLabs to support CableCard on the PC

Netflix has also announced that they will be using PlayReady for all upcoming streaming devices.

[Naylia]

[quote=”xjboonie”]
Maybe I should exchange this 32″ Vizio for a 37″ one – it’s 1080P – and then my brain won’t be so confused.
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Yes, I have decided that all future tv’s I buy will be 1080p, confirm that they can do pixel perfect on AVSForum prior to purchase, set my HTPC to 1920×1080 and never think about it anymore.

The only issue is that you still need to make sure they do pixel perfect, or have a setting that enables it. Many 1080p TVs still have overscan of a couple percent…

[Naylia]

[quote=”xjboonie”]
Maybe I should exchange this 32″ Vizio for a 37″ one – it’s 1080P – and then my brain won’t be so confused.
[/quote]

Yes, I have decided that all future tv’s I buy will be 1080p, confirm that they can do pixel perfect on AVSForum prior to purchase, set my HTPC to 1920×1080 and never think about it anymore.

The only issue is that you still need to make sure they do pixel perfect, or have a setting that enables it. Many 1080p TVs still have overscan of a couple percent…

[Naylia]

Many tvs only accept 1080p, 720p or 480p over HDMI and when the graphics card sees this it will switch to that resolution.

These same tv’s will be much more flexible via their PC input and often allow many resolutions. Getting pixel perfect on your 1366×768 panel may only be possible via VGA.

Even if your tv is only a “720p” 1366×768 panel, it will still accept 1080p input signal. It will just scale it down to the actual output resolution, 1366×768, of your tv. All plasmas and lcds are fixed resolution output, so they have to have internal scalers to handle the variety of possible inputs out there.

[Naylia]

Many tvs only accept 1080p, 720p or 480p over HDMI and when the graphics card sees this it will switch to that resolution.

These same tv’s will be much more flexible via their PC input and often allow many resolutions. Getting pixel perfect on your 1366×768 panel may only be possible via VGA.

Even if your tv is only a “720p” 1366×768 panel, it will still accept 1080p input signal. It will just scale it down to the actual output resolution, 1366×768, of your tv. All plasmas and lcds are fixed resolution output, so they have to have internal scalers to handle the variety of possible inputs out there.

[Naylia]

High in calories

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High in calories

[Naylia]

The tuner would probably be OK as long as you didn’t put the mayo or dressing on the salad.

[Naylia]

The tuner would probably be OK as long as you didn’t put the mayo or dressing on the salad.

[Naylia]

Let’s call it – “How to Use Paid Software to Convert between Two Video Formats”

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