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[hibern8]

MPAA does it again!
Unless your PC is the center of your home theater, who would honestly download/buy movies from this site?
You can't burn it to DVD (I'm sure that'll be cracked in a matter of hours) but then the hyper-paranoid MPAA will sue people who do...
WTF is with these guys?!

Did you hear about the one where they want to add security features to HD-DVD and Blu-Ray? (correct me if I'm wrong)
We'll only be able to watch these on a HD tv, and the signal will only be viewable on our HD set with special cables and jacks (not available yet) so all you who bought a HD tv, you're all SOL.

Thanks MPAA, thank you very much!!!

in my opinion, this will only further fuel hackers and crackers to bypass their measures, in which I have faith!

[HeavyFknMetal]

HD Dvds and Blu Ray dvds will be released months before the HD players will be on the market. What I'm wondering is will I be able to watch the dvds in HD using my regular player. If so, then what reason do I have to buy an HD player. And if not, then why would I be buying HD Dvds when they first come out.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

What I think is funny is how trying to play HD-DVDs on your PC can cost you a small fortune (as much if not more then an HD-DVD player). Since most recent graphics cards are liars and are not true HD capable, and you'd need a new drive, new monitor, and add to that XP won't support them and you'll have to wait until Windows Vista comes out... And you know what? Fuck HD-DVD/Blu-Ray:p

[Cronos]

Originally posted by hibern8
WTF is with these guys?!

they are a bunch of idiots that dont see that they are the problem


as for HD and Blu-ray, i dont see the point in upgrading technology when a number of studios appear to want to use image constraint on their discs

[MisterChristian]

From DVDFILE (http://www.dvdfile.com) :

Analog Reprieve Grows
Written by Dan Ramer
Friday, 24 March 2006
Other studios decide to support early adopters

I previously reported that AACS was being implemented in Japan differently than in North America; our Japanese friends are being given a five-year reprieve from image constraint. Then came word that Sony (and MGM by rights of ownership) will not enable the Image Constraint Token (ITC) in its initial releases in North America; Sony will wait to see if that presents a piracy problem.

It’s now reported that three other studios publishing in the Blu-ray Disc format also will pass full resolution video over the analog component video outputs. Fox, Buena Vista, and Paramount have all agreed not to implement the ICT, at least for the time being. I imagine that they, too, will be watching for signs of illegal high definition copies made over an analog connection.

This growing reprieve is wonderful news for the owners of the billions of dollars worth of HD-ready displays equipped only with component video inputs. Those early adopters were facing the prospect of their HD discs being limited to quarter resolution: 960 by 540 pixels.

I also applaud this decision as a prudent tactical move by the five studios. As I’ve often written, it’s the early adopters who are most likely to buy into a new format. It’s the early adopters who will demonstrate new technology to friends and family. And it’s the early adopters who will proselytize and convert other consumers. The decision to support the early adopters can only strengthen and accelerate the transition to high definition on optical disc.

Warner Home Video, which I reported as the most vocal proponent of image constraint, has not joined the other five studios in embracing image constraint restraint. And there is no indication that a similar approach will be taken with HD DVD. Perhaps that may be due to Blu-ray Disc’s BD Mark. That copy protection enhancement is a watermarking system that is said to survive the conversion to analog and will reveal the source of illegal recordings.

If HD DVD discs don’t enjoy a similar image constraint reprieve, Blu-ray Disc will have another advantage in the marketplace. But just as occurs during an airline price war, in a format war one competitor will likely follow the other to avoid handing the competition a market advantage. I fully expect the same studios initially to avoid implementing image constraint on HD DVD. We shall see.

and more...


Universal Agrees To Restrain Image Constraint
Written by Dan Ramer
Wednesday, 29 March 2006
Joins five other studios to support early adopters

Image Constraint

As I suggested in my previous column, it would be a counterproductive strategy for the HD DVD camp to allow Blu-ray Disc to support early adopters exclusively with full resolution analog video. Now comes word that the most prominent studio committed only to HD DVD has decided to initially forego down-converting the video by putting the Image Constraint Token in the active state.

In an article on the BusinessWeek website, Universal Studios executives are reported to have said on March 21st that they are joining Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment by initially declining to reduce the picture definition over analog video connections.

That leaves Warner Home Video as the principal proponent of image constraint; BusinessWeek was unsuccessful in its attempts to seek a comment about the issue from Warner Bros. executives. However, they went on to report that, “sources with knowledge of the studio's plans say ‘at least some’ of the 20 HD-DVD releases planned through April will [apply image constraint].” This implies, of course, that even Warner may be considering backing off for some of its releases.

The news simply keeps getting better and better for early adopters.