Comments on: Vista next-gen DVD shocker http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:25:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118427 Reader's Write Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:35:59 +0000 #comment-118427 I personally think that both Blu-Ray and HDDVD will fail. I can buy an incredible amount of hard drive storage for comparatively little money. Most video cards have DVI's now and can easily connect with any kind of monitor. Setting up a home network with a NAS or RAID is fairly easy and if you pair that with P2P why would you buy a clunky DRM infested expensive system? One of the big problems with the entertainment industry is that they are incredibly backward thinking. The MP3 revolution is killing the CD. And frankly, I don't think it will be long before DIVX or XVID kills the DVD. Hollywood better start some forward thinking or the people will leave them eating dust. I personally think that both Blu-Ray and HDDVD will fail. I can buy an incredible amount of hard drive storage for comparatively little money. Most video cards have DVI’s now and can easily connect with any kind of monitor. Setting up a home network with a NAS or RAID is fairly easy and if you pair that with P2P why would you buy a clunky DRM infested expensive system?

One of the big problems with the entertainment industry is that they are incredibly backward thinking. The MP3 revolution is killing the CD. And frankly, I don’t think it will be long before DIVX or XVID kills the DVD. Hollywood better start some forward thinking or the people will leave them eating dust.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118397 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:09:28 +0000 #comment-118397 One of the big reasons MS OS have been so successful in the past is it's ability and flexibilty to support hardware. The support for the big players will still be there in Vista, but it looks like a big chunk of the small timers will get squeezed out. Just one more reason to move away from Windows (or at least never upgrade to Vista malware...). One of the big reasons MS OS have been so successful in the past is it’s ability and flexibilty to support hardware. The support for the big players will still be there in Vista, but it looks like a big chunk of the small timers will get squeezed out. Just one more reason to move away from Windows (or at least never upgrade to Vista malware…).

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118392 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:42:57 +0000 #comment-118392 While I would not touch those links above for fear of malmare and I don't doubt that the cartels would love for you to have a good dose to report back what is on your computer, I think the string has reduced the above yoyo to only making one post at a time instead of the whole forum filled with crap. I regret that it has brought about the necessity of the string entry for the rest of us valid members as he tries to either make a buck or give you something you don't want. I would never, ever, reward the behavior of the above with a click for costing the rest of the membership the PNA because of his actions in this persistent and idiotic attempt to spam. While I would not touch those links above for fear of malmare and I don’t doubt that the cartels would love for you to have a good dose to report back what is on your computer, I think the string has reduced the above yoyo to only making one post at a time instead of the whole forum filled with crap. I regret that it has brought about the necessity of the string entry for the rest of us valid members as he tries to either make a buck or give you something you don’t want.

I would never, ever, reward the behavior of the above with a click for costing the rest of the membership the PNA because of his actions in this persistent and idiotic attempt to spam.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118384 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:19:34 +0000 #comment-118384 While I would not touch those links above for fear of malmare and I don't doubt that the cartels would love for you to have a good dose to report back what is on your computer, I think the string has reduced the above yoyo to only making one post at a time instead of the whole forum filled with crap. I regret that it has brought about the necessity of the string entry for the rest of us valid members as he tries to either make a buck or give you something you don't want. I would never, ever, reward the behavior of the above with a click for costing the rest of the membership the PNA because of his actions in this persistent and idiotic attempt to spam. PS...5th attempt to enter this message because of vague string visuals. While I would not touch those links above for fear of malmare and I don’t doubt that the cartels would love for you to have a good dose to report back what is on your computer, I think the string has reduced the above yoyo to only making one post at a time instead of the whole forum filled with crap. I regret that it has brought about the necessity of the string entry for the rest of us valid members as he tries to either make a buck or give you something you don’t want.

I would never, ever, reward the behavior of the above with a click for costing the rest of the membership the PNA because of his actions in this persistent and idiotic attempt to spam.

PS…5th attempt to enter this message because of vague string visuals.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118237 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:01:39 +0000 #comment-118237 "I'll tell you what will happen. A 17-year-old 32-bit lovin' punk will crack it up and make it work not only Linux but also for Win32, that's what." I really hope you're right. I bought a couple of Dell 2405FPW LCD monitors at the beginning of this year (24 inch widescreen with DVI, 1920x1200). Really love them a lot, but as it turns out they have no official support for HDCP, the DRM copy protection that is required for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, and never will even though I'm sure it would be a simple upgrade for Dell to do (instead they released the 2407FPW and expect folks to buy that). I'd like to boycott both formats and will for a time probably, but once the hardware and media is cheap enough, it's going to be hard to resist buying one for the huge storage capacity. And, if I'm going to spend the money for that, then I might as well get full use out of my drive and watch high definition content as well, which by the way really does look awesome on this monitor (like the 1080p movie trailers from Apple using Quicktime Alternative). But I won't be able to without buying completely new monitors, and who the hell is going to be stupid enough to buy these Dell's off of me so that I may recoup at least some of the money I spent? I'm pretty much screwed, and now this story comes along on top of it. Well, I say SCREW THEM ALL. If someone does crack this idiotic DRM, I'll be the first in line to use it if that is what it's going to take to enjoy MY purchases. People who want to enjoy high-def content should NOT have to buy/build completely new PC's, as well as replace all of their displays, simply so they will be able to enjoy the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD hardware and content they've PAID FOR. I don't give a rats ass about the DMCA or any law like it. This is about FAIR USE, and I'll be damned if I'm going to lay back and allow these greedy ass hats to take that away from me. I think this particular DRM shows better than ANY in the whole history of DRM just how insanely greedy the whole damn industry is. I hope they all burn in hell for it too, exactly like they deserve. PS: WTF? It keeps saying that my string is invalid, yet I KNOW that I am typing it in correctly. Does the stupid thing time out or something? When I go back it keeps giving me the same string. Bad enough that you can't tell what half of the alphanumeric character are (1lI, O0, 9g, 8B, 5S). Guess I should start writing my posts outside of Firefox, or give up posting at all. p2pnet isn't the only good place to hang out after all. Going to try one more time, then I've giving up for good... “I’ll tell you what will happen. A 17-year-old 32-bit lovin’ punk will crack it up and make it work not only Linux but also for Win32, that’s what.”

I really hope you’re right. I bought a couple of Dell 2405FPW LCD monitors at the beginning of this year (24 inch widescreen with DVI, 1920×1200). Really love them a lot, but as it turns out they have no official support for HDCP, the DRM copy protection that is required for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, and never will even though I’m sure it would be a simple upgrade for Dell to do (instead they released the 2407FPW and expect folks to buy that). I’d like to boycott both formats and will for a time probably, but once the hardware and media is cheap enough, it’s going to be hard to resist buying one for the huge storage capacity. And, if I’m going to spend the money for that, then I might as well get full use out of my drive and watch high definition content as well, which by the way really does look awesome on this monitor (like the 1080p movie trailers from Apple using Quicktime Alternative). But I won’t be able to without buying completely new monitors, and who the hell is going to be stupid enough to buy these Dell’s off of me so that I may recoup at least some of the money I spent? I’m pretty much screwed, and now this story comes along on top of it. Well, I say SCREW THEM ALL. If someone does crack this idiotic DRM, I’ll be the first in line to use it if that is what it’s going to take to enjoy MY purchases. People who want to enjoy high-def content should NOT have to buy/build completely new PC’s, as well as replace all of their displays, simply so they will be able to enjoy the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD hardware and content they’ve PAID FOR. I don’t give a rats ass about the DMCA or any law like it. This is about FAIR USE, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to lay back and allow these greedy ass hats to take that away from me. I think this particular DRM shows better than ANY in the whole history of DRM just how insanely greedy the whole damn industry is. I hope they all burn in hell for it too, exactly like they deserve.

PS: WTF? It keeps saying that my string is invalid, yet I KNOW that I am typing it in correctly. Does the stupid thing time out or something? When I go back it keeps giving me the same string. Bad enough that you can’t tell what half of the alphanumeric character are (1lI, O0, 9g, 8B, 5S). Guess I should start writing my posts outside of Firefox, or give up posting at all. p2pnet isn’t the only good place to hang out after all. Going to try one more time, then I’ve giving up for good…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118235 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:30:17 +0000 #comment-118235 Well naturally M$ wants only signed drivers as they get a little piece of licensing fees for every recognized driver. I long ago turned off the warnings about unsigned drivers recognizing that most software companies that aren't out to take you for a ride don't want to pay for licensing fees as they are nothing but an un-necessary cost. I also as a personal preference don't want media player. The spyware is now integrated into the OS and I neither care for that nor the idea that every time I turn around I would be hunting for yet more codec. I'm quite happy with VLC that doesn't need codec and it has ended my codec hunt and at the same time has eliminated the incompatibilities that go with installing to many codec packs. As it stands now, I rather like the 32 bit apps for the choices offered. You can bet it will be a few years for most software makers to come up to speed on the 64 bit apps and in the meantime it will mean that computer users are once again getting the shaft through strictly corporation turf-guarding. Well naturally M$ wants only signed drivers as they get a little piece of licensing fees for every recognized driver. I long ago turned off the warnings about unsigned drivers recognizing that most software companies that aren’t out to take you for a ride don’t want to pay for licensing fees as they are nothing but an un-necessary cost.

I also as a personal preference don’t want media player. The spyware is now integrated into the OS and I neither care for that nor the idea that every time I turn around I would be hunting for yet more codec. I’m quite happy with VLC that doesn’t need codec and it has ended my codec hunt and at the same time has eliminated the incompatibilities that go with installing to many codec packs.

As it stands now, I rather like the 32 bit apps for the choices offered. You can bet it will be a few years for most software makers to come up to speed on the 64 bit apps and in the meantime it will mean that computer users are once again getting the shaft through strictly corporation turf-guarding.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118228 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:54:10 +0000 #comment-118228 Unsigned malware my @$$. These a-holes have a lot of nerve calling unsigned software "malware". Vista is the biggest stinky pile of malware I've ever see. If the public has any brains they will reject this whole load of crap for the money grubbing thiefware it is. Unsigned malware my @$$. These a-holes have a lot of nerve calling unsigned software “malware”. Vista is the biggest stinky pile of malware I’ve ever see. If the public has any brains they will reject this whole load of crap for the money grubbing thiefware it is.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118210 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:03:12 +0000 #comment-118210 http://deaacs.com/ seems to be down. What happened? http://deaacs.com/ seems to be down. What happened?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118193 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:16:48 +0000 #comment-118193 when was drm ever there to help the consumer? it's never been that way... the companies only use "to aide the customer" line because it makes for nice puff pieces. The truth of the matter is DRM has never and will never be in place for the betterment of society. It's only an attempt to line a few movie exec's pockets when was drm ever there to help the consumer? it’s never been that way… the companies only use “to aide the customer” line because it makes for nice puff pieces. The truth of the matter is DRM has never and will never be in place for the betterment of society. It’s only an attempt to line a few movie exec’s pockets

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118192 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:02:42 +0000 #comment-118192 So first they say you'll have to have a HDMI compilant monitor, that is to say that video data goes from the disc to the monitor fully encrypted. And now you also have to update your CPU to 64 bits or be left out? I'll tell you what will happen. A 17-year-old 32-bit lovin' punk will crack it up and make it work not only Linux but also for Win32, that's what. History repeats itself. You'd only expect the cycle to be longer. So first they say you’ll have to have a HDMI compilant monitor, that is to say that video data goes from the disc to the monitor fully encrypted. And now you also have to update your CPU to 64 bits or be left out?
I’ll tell you what will happen. A 17-year-old 32-bit lovin’ punk will crack it up and make it work not only Linux but also for Win32, that’s what.
History repeats itself. You’d only expect the cycle to be longer.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9714/comment-page-1#comment-118184 Reader's Write Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:58:13 +0000 #comment-118184 Yet another example of DRM being there to help the media companies and not the consumer. Yet another example of DRM being there to help the media companies and not the consumer.

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