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Posted by Monsignor SODDI on 02/14/06 02:58
"JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message
news:9qd2v1p0cioi483d4vnijtjumalmg9irqs@4ax.com...
> 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.
Yes, and the broadcasters will willingly... nay, EAGERLY, give back their
original analong chunk of the broadcast spectrum .
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