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Posted by Goro on 12/09/05 04:03
Allan wrote:
> On 8 Dec 2005 07:53:29 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >- Maybe this is where all the talk about the updates via permanent
> >internet connection is coming from. not from Sony proper but from
> >ancillary (but associated) persons like James Gosling. On the one
> >hand, I really like the idea of having something like Java to render
> >the menus (just not FLASH for God's sake! :) ) and in pariticular,
> >hopefully, to have a true (unicode) text stream for subtitles (with
> >scalable fonts) instead of the poor looking current image streams.
> >I'd also be somewhat worried about exploits and virii for my BR player,
> >esp. if required to be connected to the internet.
> >
> >-goro-
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>
> http://www.digital-digest.com/highdefdvd/faq.html
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>
> "Now, there have been a lot of discussion about AACS requiring an
> Internet connection to update keys and so forth, as well as checking
> for content authorisation (pay per play, etc...), but this is not
> really true of standalone hardware players, at least not right now
> (although by launch time, this may change, but it's hard to imagine
> Internet connections being required by default, as this would wipe out
> a huge segment of the consumer base). Only software based players will
> require this key update, as it isn't really practical to implement an
> "Internet connection" requirement for hardware. An Internet connection
> might be useful if say a hardware player's keys have all been leaked
> and revoked, so a new set can be issued to the player through an
> Internet update. Although allowing updates through the Internet opens
> up a whole other set of issues, like security.
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Besides, this kind of
> copy protection can be implemented without an Internet connection, as
> in the case of SPDC "
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Is this in the form of having flash-like updates built into later
BR-discs? something like how the Sony XCP functioned except for
standalone players (and thus, possibly, more secure).
I'm not sure that i'm comfortable having my standalone player being
modded WITHOUT MY EXPLICIT PERMISSION in any form. And with QC the way
it is, I don't trust any company to do so in a bulletproof manner.
I'll still reserve judgement until i see the actual product in use, but
even then I've already decided to NOT be an early adopter in this
round.
-goro-
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