Hardware can be emulated, so it being "hardware encryption" doesn't mean it can't be cracked. This protection scheme can and should be cracked, since they're depriving people who bought HDTVs in good faith of the ability to play HD content. That will, in fact, cause it to be cracked even more quickly.
All copy protection will be cracked eventually, and usually sooner rather than later. There is a difference between enthusiast cracking and mainstream cracking, however. All console game systems have been cracked, but systems that require a hardware modification to play copied content are not mainstream cracking. This type of protection is fairly easy to implement by putting data on parts of the disk that can't be written to by a commercially available recorder, either with special recorders or specially manufactured media. The studios will have to accept some losses, just like every other business does.
The whole line-up consists of the $60 Amps in-ears and $100 Tracks on-ear headphones, which both also come in slightly souped-up and pricier HD variations at $100 and $130, respectively.
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Hardware can be emulated, so it being "hardware encryption" doesn't mean it can't be cracked. This protection scheme can and should be cracked, since they're depriving people who bought HDTVs in good faith of the ability to play HD content. That will, in fact, cause it to be cracked even more quickly.
All copy protection will be cracked eventually, and usually sooner rather than later. There is a difference between enthusiast cracking and mainstream cracking, however. All console game systems have been cracked, but systems that require a hardware modification to play copied content are not mainstream cracking. This type of protection is fairly easy to implement by putting data on parts of the disk that can't be written to by a commercially available recorder, either with special recorders or specially manufactured media. The studios will have to accept some losses, just like every other business does.