A minor and probably fairly meaningless step forward (what's the point while Blu-ray burners and blank media remains so laughably expensive and such a bad gb/$ deal?).
It's also worth noting the other side to this news. They're about to sh*t on the earliest adopter (ie everyone who doesn't have kit compliant with all the DRM incorporated in blu-ray).
Still, "they knew what they were getting into", right?
(it'll do wonders for sales of AnyDVD)
"All new players sold after December 31, 2010 "must limit analog video output of BD content to interlaced standard definition (480i/576i). Then, 2013 is the expiration date for analog video: no player that passes "Decrypted AACS Content" to analog video outputs may be manufactured or sold after December 31, 2013" http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2849
So, how come engadgetHD missed that little gem (surely of more importance to more people)?
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A minor and probably fairly meaningless step forward (what's the point while Blu-ray burners and blank media remains so laughably expensive and such a bad gb/$ deal?).
It's also worth noting the other side to this news.
They're about to sh*t on the earliest adopter (ie everyone who doesn't have kit compliant with all the DRM incorporated in blu-ray).
Still, "they knew what they were getting into", right?
(it'll do wonders for sales of AnyDVD)
"All new players sold after December 31, 2010 "must limit analog video output of BD content to interlaced standard definition (480i/576i). Then, 2013 is the expiration date for analog video: no player that passes "Decrypted AACS Content" to analog video outputs may be manufactured or sold after December 31, 2013"
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2849
So, how come engadgetHD missed that little gem (surely of more importance to more people)?
You are the one who missed it.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/06/08/aacs-finalize-death-to-analog-in-2013/
I even linked back to it in the body of this post.
Yet another commenter who has time to write, but can't be bothered with actually reading the post.
Well pardon me for missing that story then Ben.
(can't say as it was obvious that you' linked to that in the body of this text tho)
My apologies.