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Posted by JXStern on 02/14/06 01:54
On 13 Feb 2006 04:58:09 -0800, "Modemac" <modemac@gmail.com> wrote:
>http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/12/only_big_companies_p.html
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>Apparently, the so-called "anti-piracy" mesasures being put into place
>will only allow the new high-definition DVDs to play onPCs manufactured
>by Sony, Dell, or other mega-corporations. If you have a custom-built
>PC, or if you dared to install your DVD-ROM drive yourself, you may be
>out of luck.
That will last about six months, if it's true at all.
I'm still trying to figure out why, if HDTV is 1920 x 1080, most
plasma/LCD screens now sold have fewer pixels.
Bunch of crap, I suspect. HDTV movies will only come on new tech
Blu-Ray disks (or what's the competitor?), going to need a new drive
anyway. And I presume any copy protect will be broken within a week
or two of release.
So far the marketing of HDTV has been abyssmally bad, but as the
screens are now finally getting cheap, I imagine we will drag through
to some reasonable situation over the next couple of years.
J.
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