zigzag3143 Contributor, Sysnative Staff Emeritus Joined Mar 27, 2012 Posts 3,741 Jun 21, 2012 #1 "Time Warner Cable has won a U.S. patent for a method for disabling fast-forward and other trick mode functions on digital video recorders. The patent, which lists Time Warner Cable principal architect Charles Hasek as the inventor, details how the nation's second largest cable MSO may be able prevent viewers from skipping TV commercials contained in programs stored on physical DVRs it deploys in subscriber homes, network-based DVRs and even recording devices subscribers purchase at retail outlets." Click to expand... http://entertainment.slashdot.org/s...d-for-disabling-fast-forward-function-on-dvrs
"Time Warner Cable has won a U.S. patent for a method for disabling fast-forward and other trick mode functions on digital video recorders. The patent, which lists Time Warner Cable principal architect Charles Hasek as the inventor, details how the nation's second largest cable MSO may be able prevent viewers from skipping TV commercials contained in programs stored on physical DVRs it deploys in subscriber homes, network-based DVRs and even recording devices subscribers purchase at retail outlets." Click to expand... http://entertainment.slashdot.org/s...d-for-disabling-fast-forward-function-on-dvrs