Since the launch of high-definition television in the late 1990s, consumer electronics manufacturers, cable and DBS operators, and content providers have wrestled with ways to connect HD television sets to set-top receivers and other devices without jeopardizing the content displayed on those sets. Now tech-savvy consumers want it all, and they'll probably get it. They want to be able to easily connect their personal computers to their audio-video devices to repurpose content for new functions, such as downloading programming from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a mobile video device. They'd like to be able to display pictures from a PC or digital camera on an HDTV set. And they want a way to allow content to be easily transported from DVR to multiple TV sets.
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