I appreciate the level of technical expertise held by most participants in this forum but must confess that my understanding of technical matters could best be described as rudimentary. So can someone explain in terms a raw rookie can understand what the heck is going on with these DVI/HDCP announcements? Is this new format (if that's what it is) completely incompatible with all this ancient equipment I bought lo these many months ago (Loewe Aconda, DTC-100, purchased January 2001)? Am I going to have to put the $3600 Aconda in the kids' room for VHS tapes less than a year after I bought it? Might there be a period of transition - like, ideally, 15 years - in which signals are broadcast on DirecTV, Dish and cable the old way and the new way?
Geez Louise, this hobby is getting hard to explain to my wife.
Geez Louise, this hobby is getting hard to explain to my wife.