Posted by AZ Nomad on 02/16/06 01:43

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:35:46 GMT, Mark Jones <noemail@mindspring.com> wrote:


>AZ Nomad wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> No problem. If over the air TV is a 1 and film is a 10, DVD sits at
>> about 3 and hdtv at about 4. It is a pretty damn small difference.
>>
>> Until the anticonsumer measures are broken, I'll just stick with DVD
>> and Film.
>No joke. They just keep giving everyone more reasons not to buy
>into the the technology. They may find that they have spent a lot
>of money developing all of these protection schemes and very few
>people buy any of the hardware or movies.

>Every time they make it harder for consumers to buy and use the
>new technology, the smaller their potential market gets.


To me, HDTV is too little too late. It reminds me very much of ISDN which
like HDTV was about 3 times an improvement over the previous technology.

I expect video over IP to leave HDTV behind and be cheaper and offer far
higher resolutions.

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