No no, if HD-DVD had won this never would have happened... because HD-DVD never produced a single burner! Ever! Problem solved! Multi-format just looks for reasons to blame Blu-ray for everything. Gotta let it go some time, my friend.
Now what I don't understand is why this WON'T be available in the US. I have a DTCP compliant D-VHS deck that records HDTV over firewire from the CableCo's MPEG2 TS. Blu-ray with AACS can do exactly the same thing... indeed that seems to be exactly what that diagram shows! So what's the holdup??
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The media conglomerates were right all along, DRM does make today's technology simple.
yes, DRM is simple - it simply stops things working!
No no, if HD-DVD had won this never would have happened... because HD-DVD never produced a single burner! Ever! Problem solved! Multi-format just looks for reasons to blame Blu-ray for everything. Gotta let it go some time, my friend.
Now what I don't understand is why this WON'T be available in the US. I have a DTCP compliant D-VHS deck that records HDTV over firewire from the CableCo's MPEG2 TS. Blu-ray with AACS can do exactly the same thing... indeed that seems to be exactly what that diagram shows! So what's the holdup??
-Pie
Oops my above comment was supposed to go below Multi-Format-Mayhem.
I think paul-engadget's comment should be the caption on the image: "DRM is simple!"
-Pie