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Re:The Decline of Usability by kristopolous on Friday April 17, 2020 @09:46PM (#22904651)
Time codes inside of analog terrestrial NTSC sounds really easy and obvious.

Given that nobody did it, it would appear that even though legally people like Mr. Rogers were making the case for time-shift programming, the industry must have assumed it was a minor use case.

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Re:The Decline of Usability by pfranz on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:25AM (#22905748)
The main reason I mentioned it is that I know I've seen various implementations--they're just not widely adopted. I guess nobody has the business interest to make it all work?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Data_Services (NTSC) looks like a 2008 standard and most PBS stations provide "autoclock" time data

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Data_System (FM radio) I figured this had an implementation considering text has been around for years. Amazingly, I don't think I've ever seen a car stereo use it to set the time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines I know this has been around but has had a lot of hurdles. I figured the current time might be a simpler thing.

The only reliably time-setting tech I've seen integrated is GPS--I'm not 100% sure how time zones work with it, but it does know your location.

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Re:The Decline of Usability by Jtsummers on Friday April 17, 2020 @09:57PM (#22904705)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Data_Services

Autoclock setting was done for VCRs. It just happened much later than the case in question.

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Re:The Decline of Usability by a1369209993 on Saturday April 18, 2020 @12:42AM (#22905373)
> the industry must have assumed it was a minor use case.

You mean the same industry that was trying to make time-shifting (and VCRs in general) illegal?

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