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Old 26-07-2005   #11 (permalink)
Crabbyappleton
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Re: First users of HD-DVD or BluRay?

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Originally Posted by swifty7
from the looks of things, hd-dvd and Blu Ray are going to have too may restrictions, including having Internet connection in order to play HD movies. They're over doing it with all kinds of protection and DMR. I've also read somewhere that HD movies will not be allowed to be played in PC's and laptops. I hope both formats die a miserable death like dvd-audio and sacd!!!!

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Originally Posted by JohnnySuede
Is that true?

In this case i think i'll wait the HVD!
Check out this story Seán published a day or so ago. It's quite the hot topic at the moment on the main page. The article goes into detail about swiftys concerns and the phone home mentality that is coupled into the AACS. This is the content protection being designed for the next gen formats (at least HD-DVD). But, please bear in mind that these new discs will contain what amounts to a digital master of the original film and this has studios nervous about piracy. We can't expect the next gen formats to take off without this content so the process has begun on how to go about protecting the content providers.
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