On 10 Mar 2006 15:51:32 -0800, "John-Del" wrote:

JVC does this as well, and I don't understand the rationale behind it.
They are afraid someone is going to hack into this (why I have no
idea), but the hacker won't be able to disable the interlock???????

If enough consumers get porked from this (one of my customers cleaned
his JVC projo and lost the DVI input function), a class action lawsuit
may stop this practice. Perhaps a letter sent from your lawyer to
Pioneer might elicit a response from them.

John

BTW, why DID you open your plasma?


This type of thing make me really mad. Someone has to stop Hollywood!
I can see a future where it will be impossible to repair any
electronics due to security reasons. You already can't buy certain
ICs that are used for HDMI. You have to replace the entire board if
the HDMI receiver IC gets zapped. I'm surprised schematics are still
available because someone could use them to reverse engineer the HDMI
board.

I hope HD-DVD and BLU-RAY are miserable failures. That might teach
Hollywood and the electronics companies a lesson.
Andy Cuffe