 Simba7I Void Warranties
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Billings, MT | reply to Kearnstd
Re: And P2P users will ramp up their VPNs said by Kearnstd:Their ultimate wet dream is likely something where you are forced to register the media to the device(much like Windows does only even stricter). Meaning a DVD or Blu-Ray once played could not be used in the car or in the bedroom TV. I think they tried that crap in the past and it failed miserably. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | said by Simba7:said by Kearnstd:Their ultimate wet dream is likely something where you are forced to register the media to the device(much like Windows does only even stricter). Meaning a DVD or Blu-Ray once played could not be used in the car or in the bedroom TV. I think they tried that crap in the past and it failed miserably. I know of Divx the failed PPV-DVD that was a collab between Circuit City and the movie goons. But I never put it passed Hollywood to fail again.
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| Man... that brings back some memories. I was the backend engineer for VLSI Technology Inc. We were the sole suppliers of the ARM encryption IC used on the players. I recognized this distribution model as a failure from it's inception. |
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Simba7I Void Warranties
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Billings, MT | reply to Kearnstd
said by Kearnstd:I know of Divx the failed PPV-DVD that was a collab between Circuit City and the movie goons. But I never put it passed Hollywood to fail again. You mean DIVX, not DivX. DivX is a decent video compression codec. DIVX flopped (thank god). |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | Ahh I always forget its all caps for the thankfully failed DVD system. I have to wonder what Circuit City management was thinking when they helped that out with something like 100m. I also remember hearing something that their employees where required to push DIVX any time a customer asked for a DVD player.
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