apcstart.com — Microsoft revealed today that no 32-bit versions of Vista will be able to play back “next generation high definition protected content” (studio-released BluRay and HD-DVD movies).PC users will now have to choose between a PC that can play high definition content (64 bit) versus one that can potentially run older devices (32-bit)
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astrotrainAug 24, 2006
A) Who cares, I'm not going to go through updating my DVD collection to Blue Ray when all of my movies were shot years before blue ray....ppppftB) Good excuse for Microsoft to get "Mo Money Mo Money!", as stated in the old tv series "In Living Color..."
tkdwilsonAug 25, 2006
I don't buy it. Microsoft will change their minds. If they do not, this is a prime time for linux. If I can't rip HDDVD's in Windows but can easily do it in linux, and linux REALLY works on compatibility with windows software and single click exe execution then I think a LOT of people would switch over. This could be OS's time to flourish. Eric Wilson
pharaoh777Aug 25, 2006
By that time, I'll be running Leopard so whatever...
kitejumpingAug 25, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/08/1147/we-were-wrong-about-hd-playback-in-vista-microsoft">http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/08/1147/we-were-wrong-about-hd-playback-in-vista-microsoft</a>
kwreidAug 25, 2006
I can't imagine this would really convince anyone to go to 64bit Vista. If anything what this is more likely to do is convince people that they've no use for HD DVD hardware or media. They'll buy neither for their PC and will just wait for someone else to crack the DRM and rip it to a HD video file that can be downloaded.<a class="user" href="http://blog.geeqs.net/archive/2006/01/18/DRM-Sucks.aspx">http://blog.geeqs.net/archive/2006/01/18/DRM-Sucks.aspx</a>
s0nyAug 25, 2006
Pft. Your a moron. This doesnt have to do with no HD content being able to run on 32-bit processors, it has to do with HD content not being able to be viewed on 32bit WINDOWS PC's. Vista's driver implementation in Vista allows for unsigned drivers to be run in the 32-bit version which can lead to HD content being comprimised. The 64-bit version will only run signed Microsoft code so the studios will only allow that. Leopard doesnt have these issues between 32-bit & 64-bit & will ship with a universal (32 & 64-bit OS's) that will play Blueray content on either machine. Its just another way of Microsoft f**king something up and asking the consumers to pay more for what they want. Want to play HD content, but a more expensive 64-bit new computer and another license of Windows even though that Core Duo computer you just bought is more than capable of handling the playback.
grumpyrainAug 26, 2006
@RavenBut they are able to control the hardware chain. If anything, that is the whole point behind this exercise.I disagree, if they could control the hardware chain, they would not have multi-region DVD players. I agree that they really want control, but at the end of the day, if they want this to succeed, than the Plasma I buy today must be capable of playing the high definition format they release, otherwise people will stick to DVD.::There is nothing stopping a hardware vendor providing some box that re-encodes back to an unprotected mpeg4.Sure there is. Take a look at the DMCA, and thousands of other similar laws. These companies can, and WILL go to court to prevent just that, and if they don't win in court, they'll bribe politicians till they get the deck stacked even more in their favor.Which is a problem for the USA and those other countries who have passed similar laws, but it only prevents the creation of a system to circumvent copy protection laws within the US. Even in the US, providing there is a legitimate use for such hardware, it will be very hard to get it banned, think MP3 players,blank CDs. DCMA is not going to make a shred of difference to China, Eastern Europe, Africa or South East Asia.Yeah, eventually things will get where the Mark I Eyeball and Ear are involved, and any number of analog recorders can take it from there.Vendors don't care about that. The quality loss is enough that they can say people would rather pay than have to watch this. But they'll do anything to make sure that that loss does occur.My argument is even simpler. Consumers are not theives. I don't get frisked down at the local Supermarket, there is an element of trust. Yes there are certain mechanisms in place to scan for those security tags, but even in their absense, not everyone is out to rip them off, and those who are going to rip them off will still look for ways. Make it possible and easy to legally get any movie at a reasonable price, and most people will pay (and MPAA can make their tidy sum paying very little to those who actually make it happen).
vguardAug 31, 2006
It's a "feature", not a bug! "Pay to play"...it's the Microsoft way.
b_timminsSep 10, 2006
I'm not sure that Trusted Computing came before the MP/RIAA starting to complain to Microsoft about their software allowing their music/movies to be copied easier that it used to.