External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
24-02-2009, 16:22
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
Not really an issue with Sky though... Virgin on the other hand has had it's problems on that front over the years.
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24-02-2009, 16:57
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
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Originally Posted by leclarks2030
That's part of it, however content is encrypted whether it be on the embedded or external storage devices. You can't access the content if you were to disconnect and take to a PC.
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And of course we all know you can never break encryption!
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26-02-2009, 12:42
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
The problem with external storage is that you could connect it to a pc and copy the content, but suppose if you really wanted to, you could remove the internal hard drive to do it.
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26-02-2009, 12:44
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
Though Panasonic are now going to be doing Blu-Ray PVRs for Freesat!
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26-02-2009, 15:48
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
The <1% of people that may figure out how to crack the encryption are not the worry of the service providers. So long as 99%+ don't do it, then I believe it is not really an issue.
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26-02-2009, 16:10
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
It's probably only because it's more hassle than it's worth for someone to open up a STM, pull out the hard drive, plug it into a PC, unplug it again, and put the STM back together that there hasn't been some form of software to break the encryption
If it was as easy as a USB/eSATA connection - then I would expect it to be a LOT more of an issue.
And again it's not the service providers - its the content providers that worry about it. For them even 0.5% is 0.5% too much.
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27-02-2009, 10:57
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Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs?
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Though Panasonic are now going to be doing Blu-Ray PVRs for Freesat!
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If these have a CAM slot and someone can get the old Dragon/Sky combo working in one of these then I'm sold. The TD household requirements are a bit of HD, Dave, Living and Virgin One. A basic Sky sub would cover all this, and then I can DO WHAT I WANT WITH MY OWN RECORDINGS!
Ahem. Excuse me.
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