FCC chairman "doesn't support" Hollywood's request for selectable output {Engadget HD}

Dec 31st 2008 10:25PM I can assure you that this is not great stuff. Yeah, digital downloads on the day and date, loaded with an exponential amount of DRM that prevents all non HDMI devices from playing ANY type of the media.

That means that you had better have yourself not only a nice shiny new TiVo or whatever, but you'll need to replace that CRT TV you've got and get rid of your old DVD player to and get a BluRay so that you can also watch the DVDs that they'll more than likely also enable the output selection on.

Yep. Good stuff...

It's not that I have a thing aginst DRM... It's that there is absolutely no open standard for it. Seriously, not only would an open source DRM be the most secure form of DRM, but just think how much more money that could be made from it when your cell phone, the kids' cell phone, your PSP, an Archos, the iPod, the PS3, a Roku, and your computer could all use the same format.

Do this, then selective output would be just fine.