<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/index.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 94px" alt=[VCPS] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/VCPS_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>CableLabs announced today that
it has approved VCPS, a recording technology jointly developed by Philips and Hewlett-Packard that enables consumers to enjoy home recordings of certain high-value cable programming. Under the FCC Plug & Play Rules, CableLabs may approve new digital outputs and recording technologies for use in unidirectional Digital Cable Ready (DCR) devices. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">VCPS is an innovative technology for encrypting video recordings on DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. Designed to protect recordings of digital broadcast according to the </FONT></FONT><A href="http:////hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-240759A1.pdf" target=_blank><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Broadcast Flag rules</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> adopted by the FCC, VCPS also enables direct digital recording of 'copy-once' content from satellite and cable sources.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The implementation of VCPS in DVD+R/+RW equipment and discs is <EM>not</EM> mandatory, but equipment and discs without VCPS capability will be unable to record or playback TV broadcast in the USA that is protected with the Broadcast Flag. Look out for this technology in upcoming CableCARD-equipped televisions.</FONT></P>
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