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Posted by Clem Dye on 01/08/06 13:15
Sean Black wrote:
> In article <dpjqc0$56m$1@news.e7even.com>, RCE Defiant
> <peterstonesfcukthespam@hotmail.co.uk> writes
>
>> Any of you guy's started to think what will win the next format war? I'm
>> jumping straight in with a shiny new HD-DVD drive as soon as the prices
>> aren't too silly.
>>
> I'm waiting to see what happens regarding the rumoured copy protection
> crap. I doubt I'll buy anything that needs an internet connection to
> check if it's a genuine disc and can have the thing disabled if it's
> not. Not that I'm bothered about playing pikey stuff on it. I just don't
> fancy having something that can be fucked up at the whim of the powers
> that be for whatever reason they deem fit, either now or in the future.
>
> Oh, and whichever one is easiest to make/buy region free.
Yes, that's the biggest concern for me. I'm not into pirate stuff, but
having bought a player, and a legitimate copy of a film that I want to
watch, I need to have my player connected to the internet to get
authorisation to play it? Nah. From what I can make out, key updates
will have to be routinely uploaded into players to allow them to check
that the disc is OK to play. Some stuff that I've read implies that the
player can be disabled if a hooky disc is encountered. A total
non-starter if true.
According to stuff that I read on the 'Net and in magazines lately,
HD-DVD players from Toshiba will be in the US in March this year,
Blu-Ray by June from several sources. All of the commentators
specifically mentioned the need for Internet access for the devices.
Now, until we see these in the flesh as it were, I think some of this is
speculation. However, I recall a specific article (I should have kept
the URL - damn) that implied that any attempt to hack a player for
multi-region playback of SD-DVD could shut the player down .....
I find this whole security business just way too much Big Brother. It
was pretty obvious that region hacking for SD-DVD was going to happen,
because the implementation was pretty simple, by all accounts. I can
understand the studios wanting to protect their material. However, if
all of this HD-DVD/Blu-Ray security stuff is true, I can't see it ever
gaining any sort of critical mass ....
Clem
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