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Originally Posted by dvdlunatic I read about that in an article but they discounted it saying it would be impossible to require an internet connection cause you would alienate the masses. Really how could you ask people to connect to the internet with a standalone, it would be ridiculous. Maybe with pc drives but it's still ridiculous. |
Believe it. the content itself will require this if you try to record. this is the reason for HDMI. You can play the title all you want, but only copy it with permission.
Obviously, with a simple player this is not an issue, unless you try to output the content to a recorder via HDMI. Even recording off-air content will in theory require the same permission if the provider says so.
So it is entorely possible that a recorder will not really be able to record anything at all, at least in HD.