The ever-growing consumer interest in HDTV has forced the FCC to work more quickly on regulating HDTV. Consumers are anxious to take advantage of the new technology, but unhappy with the FCC's slow progress in getting broadcaster's on board. In fact, the broadcast regulations set forth by the FCC are not monitored or truly enforced. Instead, broadcasters are expected to simply comply with FCC regulations in regard to HDTV.
Consumer protests have also drawn a great deal of attention to the FCC's “down resolution” proposal. Down resolution is the purposeful reduction of resolution quality that is provided through a broadcast. Many broadcasters purposely implement down resolution in order to discourage home recordings and piracy.
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