Comments on: Decrypt AACS movies http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10856 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:02:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10856/comment-page-1#comment-131877 Reader's Write Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:06:12 +0000 #comment-131877 It is Jan 2, and muslix6 has released an updated program as promised. It is still to be determined whether or not this is a hoax or not though, as no keys have been provided, and many people do not have the means with which to test out the software provided. While I do own the Xbox 360 HD-DVD accessory myself, I do not have the technical knowledge required in order to get the keys needed to actually decrypt movies. Same with most folks I would assume. Right now the only thing of any real value is that it has lit a fire of interest out there, so hopefully some enterprising fellow will take what muslix6 has started the rest of the way. It's probably worth noting that when this information became available at Christmas, I almost immediately canceled my order at Amazon.com for a rather expensive quantity of HD-DVD movies. Right now I only own several movies plus the Microsoft drive, so I don't have a lot to loose if I put things on hold for now, or should Blu-Ray win. Having purchased a brand new HDTV recently, I am really quite desperate for HD material. I only went with HD-DVD because the drive accessory was so cheap. I would be just as happy with Blu-Ray. Just so long as I can eventually get my HD fix, I'm happy lol. Anyways, because of all this I was inclined to overlook the fact that there was a format war even going on. It's this news regarding AACS that has made me pause and take stock of the situation though, and what I've decided is that maybe it would be better to wait after all, and see what results from it. See, while some folks see this news as a confirmation that HD-DVD has won the format war, my belief is that HD-DVD may have just as easily lost the format war. If this news about decrypting AACS has any truth to it, which it may, and combined with things being so early in the format wars game, it is just as likely that all remaining studios supporting HD-DVD might just jump ship and swim over to the other side, effectively killing HD-DVD in the process. It doesn't matter how badly one might want HD-DVD to win, and I have no doubt that those whom are happy to see this recent news regarding AACS being cracked have all their fingers and toes crossed that it will. But what good is a format that all of the studios refuse to stand behind? It is Jan 2, and muslix6 has released an updated program as promised. It is still to be determined whether or not this is a hoax or not though, as no keys have been provided, and many people do not have the means with which to test out the software provided. While I do own the Xbox 360 HD-DVD accessory myself, I do not have the technical knowledge required in order to get the keys needed to actually decrypt movies. Same with most folks I would assume. Right now the only thing of any real value is that it has lit a fire of interest out there, so hopefully some enterprising fellow will take what muslix6 has started the rest of the way.

It’s probably worth noting that when this information became available at Christmas, I almost immediately canceled my order at Amazon.com for a rather expensive quantity of HD-DVD movies. Right now I only own several movies plus the Microsoft drive, so I don’t have a lot to loose if I put things on hold for now, or should Blu-Ray win. Having purchased a brand new HDTV recently, I am really quite desperate for HD material. I only went with HD-DVD because the drive accessory was so cheap. I would be just as happy with Blu-Ray. Just so long as I can eventually get my HD fix, I’m happy lol. Anyways, because of all this I was inclined to overlook the fact that there was a format war even going on. It’s this news regarding AACS that has made me pause and take stock of the situation though, and what I’ve decided is that maybe it would be better to wait after all, and see what results from it.

See, while some folks see this news as a confirmation that HD-DVD has won the format war, my belief is that HD-DVD may have just as easily lost the format war. If this news about decrypting AACS has any truth to it, which it may, and combined with things being so early in the format wars game, it is just as likely that all remaining studios supporting HD-DVD might just jump ship and swim over to the other side, effectively killing HD-DVD in the process. It doesn’t matter how badly one might want HD-DVD to win, and I have no doubt that those whom are happy to see this recent news regarding AACS being cracked have all their fingers and toes crossed that it will. But what good is a format that all of the studios refuse to stand behind?

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