While I don't have confirmation from Pace or Rovi on this yet, I am pretty sure that this is based on DLNA and uses DTCP-IP or WM-DRM for content protection. Therefore, there is a very real possibility that these DVRs (along with similar designs from other STB makers) will allow you to get at your pay TV programming from your PC or other secure DLNA video client.
I plan to put out a press release in a month or two once I'm further into my research on the topic, but yes there is a real chance that you're now witnessing the first stages of the liberation of your pay content on your home LAN.
Yes the release specifically mentions DLNA, UPnP and DTCP-IP. The problem of course is that streaming is one thing, copying is another and any content marked Copy Once still won't be able to be copied to a PC.
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While I don't have confirmation from Pace or Rovi on this yet, I am pretty sure that this is based on DLNA and uses DTCP-IP or WM-DRM for content protection. Therefore, there is a very real possibility that these DVRs (along with similar designs from other STB makers) will allow you to get at your pay TV programming from your PC or other secure DLNA video client.
I plan to put out a press release in a month or two once I'm further into my research on the topic, but yes there is a real chance that you're now witnessing the first stages of the liberation of your pay content on your home LAN.
--Stephen Froehlich, Sr. Analyst, IMS Research
Yes the release specifically mentions DLNA, UPnP and DTCP-IP. The problem of course is that streaming is one thing, copying is another and any content marked Copy Once still won't be able to be copied to a PC.