You barely mention DRM in your article, and to me, this is a major oversight. This is where all the media center pc type devices will fail. If they do less than your current device (VCR, Tivo), then why would anyone spend thousands of dollars to buy one? No one wants a new tech toy to do less, they want to do more.
Can I do the following:
1) record a movie/song and burn it to dvd/cd?
2) play a recorded movie or song on other computers, at a friend's house, in my car, etc., etc.?
3) can I control how long a recording is kept for, or will the DRM automatically delete it at the whim of the copyright holder?
4) can I record anything I want or is that going to be something that is no longer allowed by the copyright holder?
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