The white box DVD players that killed the VCR didn't require near-constant firmware updates in order to watch any given movie you bought. People who settle for profile 1.1 players are going to get annoyed with that little "feature" in a big hurry.
People complain about DRM in music, at least music DRM doesn't change from month to month and require you to burn a CD and re-flash your iPod every time you buy a song in order to play it.
Blu-ray players do not need near constant firmware players either. Early adopters might have encountered this when the specs where still moving.
Nothing that I have thrown at my player have failed to work.
Anything that is "cutting edge", unfortunately, requite firmware updates. That doesn't mean that everyone bying a mature layer today will have to go off updating the player once a month.
oh please, it is very easy to deal with the firmware update. all you need ie either a flash usb drive, or the unit plugged into your ethernet with.... internet.
this stuff is easy, you just hate DRM and want to be able to copy movies.
Copying BDs is so easy any idiot can do it, the DRM does nothing but make the process more complicated for the common person.
No, I'm sick of companies making it increasingly difficult for people to use technology for fear of piracy, and then blaming piracy for their crappy movies not selling. Sure, those of use who are tech savvy can figure out that the movie you want to play requires you to go out to the manufacturer's site and grab a file, burn it to a CD or a thumb drive, bring it to the living room and follow some arcane instructions to flash the box, but can your MOM do it? Or your Grandma? They're the ones that couldn't set the clock on the VCR, remember? You trust them to flash a BD player and not brick it?
DVD didn't need a disclaimer on the beginning of the movie saying "Some features of your movie may not work", because it was a well-conceived format with the consumer in mind. BD (and to a lesser extent, HD-DVD, may it RIP) were conceived with accusing the consumer of theft in mind. That's what that little disclaimer really means, "to keep you from stealing this movie, we change the way that copy protection works on a regular basis; you need to go kiss our arses so we feel safe that you aren't ripping us off to play this title".
I can go with the whole protected path thing. I can go with the copy protection in general, even though I think the DMCA is way too heavy handed and actually illegal. But changing the copy protection on a regular basis as PART of the standard? That irks me.
Umm, I've owned DVD players that didn't play DVD movies. This is nothing exclusive to the newer formats. At least the newer formats allow you to easily update. I'd much rather live with a condition that I can resolve in my home than simply suffer.
Imagine if you couldn't update Microsoft Windows. And that product has nearly weekly updates.
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The white box DVD players that killed the VCR didn't require near-constant firmware updates in order to watch any given movie you bought. People who settle for profile 1.1 players are going to get annoyed with that little "feature" in a big hurry.
People complain about DRM in music, at least music DRM doesn't change from month to month and require you to burn a CD and re-flash your iPod every time you buy a song in order to play it.
To true!
Blu-ray players do not need near constant firmware players either. Early adopters might have encountered this when the specs where still moving.
Nothing that I have thrown at my player have failed to work.
Anything that is "cutting edge", unfortunately, requite firmware updates. That doesn't mean that everyone bying a mature layer today will have to go off updating the player once a month.
oh please, it is very easy to deal with the firmware update. all you need ie either a flash usb drive, or the unit plugged into your ethernet with.... internet.
this stuff is easy, you just hate DRM and want to be able to copy movies.
Copying BDs is so easy any idiot can do it, the DRM does nothing but make the process more complicated for the common person.
No, I'm sick of companies making it increasingly difficult for people to use technology for fear of piracy, and then blaming piracy for their crappy movies not selling. Sure, those of use who are tech savvy can figure out that the movie you want to play requires you to go out to the manufacturer's site and grab a file, burn it to a CD or a thumb drive, bring it to the living room and follow some arcane instructions to flash the box, but can your MOM do it? Or your Grandma? They're the ones that couldn't set the clock on the VCR, remember? You trust them to flash a BD player and not brick it?
DVD didn't need a disclaimer on the beginning of the movie saying "Some features of your movie may not work", because it was a well-conceived format with the consumer in mind. BD (and to a lesser extent, HD-DVD, may it RIP) were conceived with accusing the consumer of theft in mind. That's what that little disclaimer really means, "to keep you from stealing this movie, we change the way that copy protection works on a regular basis; you need to go kiss our arses so we feel safe that you aren't ripping us off to play this title".
I can go with the whole protected path thing. I can go with the copy protection in general, even though I think the DMCA is way too heavy handed and actually illegal. But changing the copy protection on a regular basis as PART of the standard? That irks me.
Not much point having BD live anyway, everytime I try to connect my Panny crashes, I haven't been able to successfully connect once!
Umm, I've owned DVD players that didn't play DVD movies. This is nothing exclusive to the newer formats. At least the newer formats allow you to easily update. I'd much rather live with a condition that I can resolve in my home than simply suffer.
Imagine if you couldn't update Microsoft Windows. And that product has nearly weekly updates.
Unlike Blu-Ray, the cheap DVD players that killed the VCR didn't require people to buy a new HD compatible TV.