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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 02/14/06 03:30
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:58:43 -0500, "Monsignor SODDI"
<nyarlhotep@starrywisdom.org> Gave us:
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>"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.
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>> That will last about six months, if it's true at all.
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>> I'm still trying to figure out why, if HDTV is 1920 x 1080, most
>> plasma/LCD screens now sold have fewer pixels.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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>Yes, and the broadcasters will willingly... nay, EAGERLY, give back their
>original analong chunk of the broadcast spectrum .
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Give? It isn't up to them. The FCC allocates the radio spectrum.
Period. And it ain't cheap.
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