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- Subject: Re: Any way to *CREATE* Vcr+ (VCR PLUS) codes??? (please read)
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 5 Jan 93 17:12:32 GMT
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- Keywords: VCR+ patent
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- In <1993Jan04.223520.29065@rchland.ibm.com> lwloen@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Larry Loen) writes:
-
- >Has anyone thought to call their local TV station or a local newspaper that
- >publishes VCR+ codes?
-
- >I would imagine the manufacturer doesn't care a fig if the algorithm is
- >published. They would only care to license the production of the _hardware_
- >in actual VCRs. It would be in their interest, I would think, to _give away_
- >the encoding algorithm to TV stations and any producer of TV listings, such
- >as a newspaper. Perhaps later on, they will try & get revenue out of the
- >guides, but at first they surely gave it away and still may be doing so. . .
-
- >I could be wrong, but for those who care, a phone call or two ought to
- >do it if my guess is correct.
-
- To add to another reply, they have a 900 number to get codes for new
- programs. (I don't know if it's voice or tone -- as I only have an
- academic interest in VCR+, being able to program my VCR without it, I am
- not willing to pay a significant amount in research costs to investigate.)
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