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Posted by Goro on 11/27/05 04:36
Allan wrote:
> On 26 Nov 2005 18:16:57 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Allan wrote:
> >> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:47:14 -0500, Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@aol.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Howard <stile99@email.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Ah, Sony supports Blu-ray, eh?
> >> >
> >> >Sony developed Blu-Ray, and the Blu-Ray player that has to be hooked up to
> >> >the internet so it can report on what you're watching and decide whether you
> >> >have a right to watch it.
> >>
> >> No proof of that yet.
> >
> >There's no Proof b/c there's no product yet and so any of the
> >standards are subject to change up to launch,
>
> Nuff said.
>
> So claims of ..... "player that has to be hooked up to
> the internet so it can report on what you're watching"
>
> ....... Are complete bullshit.
not "complete bullshit" as it HAS beenannounced as such, so it is
certainly Sony's plans to have the player have a permanent internet
connection. Since there's no product yet, there's still a chance for
Sony to change their collective minds, which I'd guess is unlikely.
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/08/10/blu/
One part of the announcement that had been anticipated by experts was
Blu-ray's embrace of Advanced Access Content System (AACS), one version
of which has also been adopted by the HD DVD Forum. This controversial
technology would require that disc players maintain permanent
connections to content providers via the Internet, making it possible
for discs that fail a security check to trigger a notification process,
enabling the provider to send the player a sort of "self-destruct
code." This code would come in the form of a flash ROM "update" that
would actually render the player useless, perhaps unless and until it
is taken to a repair shop for reprogramming. The Blu-ray statement
noted that certain elements of AACS have yet to be formally approved by
the BDA.
-goro-
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