[opendtv] Re: What's next for DVD? Blu-ray and HD-DVD battle for your home theater

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
And HD-DVD needs a network connection for
 > DRM, and can revoke keys in your player to render it
 > useless.

I don't think the phone-home DRM choice has been determined yet. 
But I agree that would kill it if they go that way.

- Tom

> Jeroen Stessen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>See: http://www4.tomshardware.com/business/20050616/index.html
>>   (and please substitute Phillips -> Philips ...)
> 
> 
> So Blu-ray disks will be extra vulnerable to scratches,
> Blu-ray players are more susceptible to bumps and
> misalignment. And HD-DVD needs a network connection for
> DRM, and can revoke keys in your player to render it
> useless.
> 
> Wow. I would expect Blu-ray disk vulnerability problems
> to be easier fix than the HD-DVD need for that Big
> Brother umbillical connection. First I heard of that
> strange idea. One good reason to take sides in this
> format war?
> 
> Bert
> 
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