[quote] Perhaps someone can correct me on my understanding if I've got this wrong. I certainly don't condone pirating or not compensating anyone for their work, I'm just against mechanisms like this that do nothing to address the original concern, but affect fair use of the content. No matter what DRM anyone tries to implement, it can be cracked, so this cat and mouse games just serves to annoy us! I'm thinking there may be some funny business involved with reducing the resolution (and they may not tell you) because the analog component signals do not have any digital rights management capability. This is my biggest beef with Blu-Ray and the reason I don't now, and may never own one, AACS. They call it "plugging the analog hole" or "analog sunset". Right now all players have a bit that can be set on the disk to limit the analog output to SD resolution only. It is up to the content provider to decide to use it or not. After 2010 all analog outputs must be limited to SD resolution only. After 2012, no players will be allowed to be manufactured with an analog output, and it is expected all discs will implement the ICT bit disabling all analog outputs on existing players. This is meant to thwart pirating but as usual, all the current AACS keys are available from hackers, and pirates have no problem ripping these disks. It only serves to hurt the legitimate end user as all of these DRM scheme do. I guess Hollywood has decided for me that I need to throw away my $10K Sony HD projector so that I don't rip them off. Whenever Hollywood gets control over a technical standard, it usually turns out to be the worst choice for the consumer, and does nothing to address their original concern. Remember DivX players? More on AACS can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System and: http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/drm-licensing-group-presses-o n-with-plan-to-plug-analog-hole.ars [end quote] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org
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