I love HD and cannot get enough of it, but if the MPAA and the like get their way with the broadcast flag and make recording/viewing HD a bigger hassle than it already is, that is make it more restrictive and expensive, count me out of the game. I'll live on with SD and watch alot less TV. My favorite shows today are non-HD (but I have the DVD's, so it's pretty decent when upscaled) so it's not crucial. I'm not buying into the whole HD-DVD/Blu-Ray nightmare either unless an affordable hybrid player shows up, or one of the formats dies off. I have a HTPC and that allows me to record and watch HD all I want. This is all big business and trying to control and corner profits and control what and how we watch TV. It's America, I'm not a pirate, and I'll watch what I want, when I want, and how I want thank you very much. If I'm not allowed to do that, then so be it and my choice is to turn off the TV and cancel my services. Seriously.
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I love HD and cannot get enough of it, but if the MPAA and the like get their way with the broadcast flag and make recording/viewing HD a bigger hassle than it already is, that is make it more restrictive and expensive, count me out of the game. I'll live on with SD and watch alot less TV. My favorite shows today are non-HD (but I have the DVD's, so it's pretty decent when upscaled) so it's not crucial. I'm not buying into the whole HD-DVD/Blu-Ray nightmare either unless an affordable hybrid player shows up, or one of the formats dies off. I have a HTPC and that allows me to record and watch HD all I want. This is all big business and trying to control and corner profits and control what and how we watch TV. It's America, I'm not a pirate, and I'll watch what I want, when I want, and how I want thank you very much. If I'm not allowed to do that, then so be it and my choice is to turn off the TV and cancel my services. Seriously.