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Posted by Allan on 03/25/06 14:36
On 24 Mar 2006 11:13:17 -0800, "selaboc" <c64fan@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Allan wrote:
>> "Redmond (WA) - <snip>one of Microsoft's key
>> representatives to AACS, told TG Daily yesterday afternoon that the
>> copy protection system can utilize a customer's existing network
>> equipment, including Ethernet routers and WiFi transmitters."
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>Sorry, but any scheme that requires an internet connect before you can
>watch a movie isn't worth it, IMHO.
That scheme does not exist.
" In other words, not only will playback of AACS-protected content not
require an Internet connection, it will never require one."
NEVER.
>By the way Allan, how many HD-DVD movies do you have now?
Zero.
>you must have bought a ton in the past 4 months considering we are 13 months past
>your "about 9 months away" prediction:
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>Feb 7TH 2005 Allan wrote:
>> Because we're maybe nine months away from when the studios start issuing their
>> catalogs in the vastly superior HD-DVD format (with rival HD format Blu-Ray following
>> close behind), I'm not buying movies on DVD these days.
I can control a lot of things.. but changing deadlines from
Manufacturers is not one of them
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>http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/14/hd-dvd-movies-not-coming-soon/
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>"If you've already pre-ordered some HD-DVD videos for that HD-DVD
>player that you also pre-ordered, you may end up getting the deck
>before you get the flicks. Warner Home Video -- the only studio that
>had set a firm date for a rollout of HD-DVD movies -- has now backed
>off and won't commit to a specific timetable."
No time line?
"Warner Home Video said Thursday that it has pushed back the release
dates of its initial slate of high-definition DVD titles to April 18
from March 28."
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
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