> I've found that on my console, I can turn it on,
> wait for it to boot for a minute or two...

If you have to wait for your console to boot, then it's not a console.
My guess is that you've been swindled by some evil man
who puts PC in cute little boxes and sells them as consoles.

Though their motivations may not be so philanthropic, at least consumer electronics corporations are on the side of the people like you and I. After all, they know that consumers will not purchase crippled, copy-protected products. Hopefully, this will result in a somewhat more balanced result when laws are passed. Call me cynical, but I feel that the Hollywood lobby's advantage is quite large and the laws will likely get passed.