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Offline mrsid2

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I want a digital tv.. Oh wait maybe not
« on: May 05, 2002, 03:37:49 AM »
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Offline Eagler

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I want a digital tv.. Oh wait maybe not
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2002, 09:29:17 AM »
the article is about digital recorders not televisions. It's a tivo type appliance. My tivo has to dial into a database to update its tv guide info. It does this every so often, couple of days. As I don't know exactly what is passing back and forth when it is connected, it could easily be sending my viewing habits to whoever. Seems like good marketing to me...
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I want a digital tv.. Oh wait maybe not
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2002, 10:06:02 AM »
Digital recording is a part of the digital tv package offered here..

That aside, the two-way digital nature of the new technology supports monitoring like this. D-tv offers a broadband internet connection etc.

If this is used as a predecision case, I'll keep far away from digital medias. What they plan to do is a huge invasion of privacy.

Although I think this could never happen in my country since we have a law to protect a persons privacy in the electronic media.. Collecting personal information like this would be a direct violation of the law.
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