videobusiness.com — Hollywood wins again. Want to record 1080i HD signals? Well, screw you! Hollywood has negotiated a deal whereby hardware manufacturers are required to down-convert the analog output in next gen players. "analog signal must be “down-converted” from the full 1920x1080 lines of resolution the players are capable of outputting to 960x540 lines"
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toecheeseJan 21, 2006
There are a whole bunch of you idiots that need to read this article. The title is misleading. HD-DVD will be using this technology (AACS)! God! You're bigger idiots than these companies.I can bet that if I place a digg article with "MS Vista outperforms Mac OS X by tenfold" or "MacIntel outperforms Sony/IBM Cell chip" and just link it to some article on Ars about either of these items that you f**kers will Digg it to the top.@MarshyWhat does MythTV have to do with this? The next-gen drives will not have video capability for Linux until the DRM is broken. Which will happen within the first year.
Closed AccountJan 21, 2006
Holly Take Wood Sucks Ass
gamekidJan 21, 2006
"@milo_hoffmanSwitching to Linux will not help you, because HDCP has to be commercially licensed. The GPL prevents Linux from shipping with any licensed software. So no High-Definition for Linux."Trust me, after this, there will be a LOT of software made to view Blu-Rry and HD-DVD. Whether it's commercially licensed is irrelevant.
skellenerJan 21, 2006
So just forget all the HDTVS out there already with only component connectors? Weak. They just blew the chance to make Blu-Ray the HD standard. We'll see what HD-DVD does next. My guess, it's gonna be a long, long time before either format replaces DVD. No one is gonna spend a nickel on either technology for quite some time.
obkenobiJan 22, 2006
[quote]You certainly can add a hdcp compliant connection to any current HDTV/monitor, but you better do it soon. Several companies sell HDCP DVI -> VGA/DVI converters, but they are likely illegal(definately illegal in the USA).[/quote]Yeah, well too bad for the USA then. If the USA wants to become a fascist censored multimedia ghetto then maybe it is not worth living here anymore. What for? What do we get for our taxes these days compared to other countries besides terrorism and oppression? No health care, no education, no pensions. Now they want to control what electronics we're allowed to buy in order to finance the corporate monopolies in Hollywood. The same people protect the cable monopolies and keep US broadband at levels below the EU and Asia.I will be doing my shopping for video equipment in China and wherever else they sell uncrippled equipment, the corporate fascists in America can go to hell!
glitchbitJan 22, 2006
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jimxugleJan 23, 2006
Anybody up for an Open Media Format? No Encryption, no Region Coding, no Coding for Specific Regions (NTSC/PAL/SECAM/etc)... just somthing like a coupe XVid Files and an XML File on a Blue-laser disk, with all the resources open for public view. Hollywood might not like it, but I sure do :-P
douglashp74Feb 4, 2006
Funny to read so many well intended comments that miss the mark. The people affected were the early adopters, and naturally they are bitter. As a consultant I advised several people over the years to wait, and the usual response was I need it now.So be it! I advised that they read the specs and that 1920 x 1080P was the holy grail, and that the studios use this spec as there master, so naturally they are going to protect a master source.Less than 1% of the above comments that fall into the negative have any validity at all. Their sets can not display 1920 x 1080 P on a direct input to begin with, unless they purchased in the last 3 months one of the 5 sets that offer a 1080P input. So making a copy above the DVD level will be virtually be undetectable from the original.The lesson is to understand the specifications of a technology and determine when is the buy point. Those of us that have waited for four years will be rewarded for their prudence. Those that did not do their homework will bitch and moan. This issue has been well documented in hundreds of articles, as has been the quest for a 1920 x 1080 P Source, as well as a display that supported it. That first display to do 1920 x 1080 was released in Dec 04 as the Sony Qualia 06 (14K) March 05 by Sharp (5k). It was not until the fall 05 that several Mitsubishi's could accept the input.While I feel your pain, and desire a perfect copy, that has not been ruled out by the Jan 19th announcement. And that announcement affects DVD-HD and Blue Ray equally.So 99% of these posts are bitching about a non issue. Bitching is fun and self rightous, but it is not the same as taking the time to do the proper research prior to purchase.