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HDDVD/BLURAY: F*** early HDTV owners!

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mobrien_12:
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.

Lead Head:
Oh boy, ED resolution :o

H_TeXMeX_H:
Wow ... fucking unbelievable ... I'm glad I didn't buy one :D

Aloone_Jonez:
Easy solution, insert a Linx disc, turn the power on.

davidnix71:
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.

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