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Miscellaneous => Intellectual Property & Law => Topic started by: mobrien_12 on 24 February 2006, 22:31

Title: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: mobrien_12 on 24 February 2006, 22:31
http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/early_hdtv_adopters_screwed_by_hddisc_rules.html#more

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/02/24/1333207.shtml

More DRM bullshit.  This time, not with the computer end of things.

You know how the whole point of using Blue-Ray and HDDVD for movies was so you could watch movies in high definition?

Remember how MS said they wouldn't let you watch those disks in HD on windows unless you bought a new, DRM'd monitor?  Oh the OS can do it, the hardware can do it, your brand-new-expensive-non-DRM monitor can do it, but MS will purposefully downgrade the resolution on Vista computers.  They say it's to stop piracy, but we all know this is bullshit.  It's to punish you for not buying their new DRM equipment and being a good MPAA slave.

Well, the HD cartel is demanding that you have a DRM'd HD television set or any HDDVD and/or BLU-RAY player will artificially downgrade the resolution by a factor of four.  Guess what?  All those people who bought HD-TV sets when they came out?  You are expected to buy brand new, DRM'd tv sets.

The downgraded signal will be at 960 x 540.  Standard DVD resolution is 720x480.  

What complete asshats.
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: Lead Head on 24 February 2006, 23:42
Oh boy, ED resolution :o
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 24 February 2006, 23:57
Wow ... fucking unbelievable ... I'm glad I didn't buy one :D
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 25 February 2006, 01:29
Easy solution, insert a Linx disc, turn the power on.
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: davidnix71 on 25 February 2006, 01:34
It's still a vast wasteland, high definition or not. Hi def of Cameron Diaz' face just shows her acne better. Some things are better left to the imagination. When pirates camcord shows to pass around, they'll look just fine.

I just ordered a 3 MP DivX mp4 camera/camcorder with a 512mb sd card for a little over a hundred bucks. Thats two hours on a chip.
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: Lead Head on 25 February 2006, 06:23
cool
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 25 February 2006, 06:52
And with a 2GB SD card you can store 8 hours per chip ! ... I just checked, they do exist.
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: piratePenguin on 25 February 2006, 17:21
My brother ordered a HDTV just a few days ago...
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: noob on 25 February 2006, 19:22
It's the people who aint usualy arsed about this stuff that are being hit worst. They dont know it's coming.
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 25 February 2006, 22:40
Quote from: piratePenguin
My brother ordered a HDTV just a few days ago...

So ... considering the articles above ... you gonna do anything about it ? (cancel the order)
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: mobrien_12 on 26 February 2006, 02:51
Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
So ... considering the articles above ... you gonna do anything about it ? (cancel the order)


Well, his brother could at least find out if it's DRM'd or not.
Title: Re: HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!
Post by: Pathos on 3 March 2006, 23:35
I aint gonna touch hd for a long time.