Patent ID: 8387096

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving from a home entertainment component a recorder control signal including at least one signal being record a program, the control signal to record a program being received from a remote control having at least one personal video recorder (PVR) key, the control signal being generated by selecting a show from an electronic program guide (EPG) on a TV display for “recording”; sending the signal through the Internet to a recorder subscription server which locates the requested content program and records an identification of the requested program along with a pointer to a content server on which the actual requested program resides for later playback on command; and responsive to a play command input using the remote control, receiving back from the Internet the requested program for play thereof on the TV display, wherein if the TV display is associated with a set top box (STB) the TV display at least sometimes receives content using a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) link, and wherein if the TV display is not associated with a STB, a digital transmission content protection protocol is used to establish at least a portion of a link from the Internet to the TV display.