lost_soul on 10/2/2011 at 08:00
No, I mearly stated that I feel sorry for the freedom fighters in both situations and I understand and appreciate what they're fighting for.
"The potential is there, I guess. But I doubt any big hardware manufacturers are gonna kowtow to the movie/music industry to the point where they cripple their own platform."
Ever hear of HDCP? They can arbitrarily force your hardware to downgrade a viewing experience if you're not using a certified monitor. I will have to buy a wide-screen digital display if the media industry decides to sabotage my current high-resolution VGA setup. We already don't have a choice when it comes to this. Since NVidia is the only one with a decent (read: actually works) graphics solution for Linux and I think all of their cards have HDCP, we're screwed. All the media industry has to do now is start wrapping video up in this stuff.
Pemptus on 10/2/2011 at 11:39
Right back atcha.
PigLick on 10/2/2011 at 12:16
well thats an odd thing to do
Yakoob on 10/2/2011 at 13:24
The sad thing is, lost_souls points are actually valid. It's just that he wraps them in about three layers of tinfoil and wtfery.
But hey. maybe He Has a Dream?
steo on 10/2/2011 at 18:11
On topic, what do people think about the (
http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2011/01/intel_insider_-_what_is_it_no.php) in-built DRM into Intels Sandybridge CPUs?
Personally I find it a very scary prospect, since while I'm sure it will have very little impact on the current and next-gen series of computers, it sets a scary precedent where we have lesser and lesser control over our own hardware, as lost_soul was discussing before dethtoll decided all of his views were invalid because he was too much of a conspiracy theorist.
lost_soul on 10/2/2011 at 19:00
Wow that's crazy. I especially love the spin about it "not affecting you". Everyone knows this stuff is developed for FREE! Nobody has to pay to develop the technology and it certainly doesn't translate into higher prices for consumers. nope nope nope
I would also like to point out the danger in giving one company control over access to multimedia. In the past, I've cought Windows loading "Windows Media Rights Management" plugins into my Firefox web browser. Last time I checked, I'm not being paid to help Microsoft gain control over multimedia on the Internet. If they can get these plugins loaded into most Firefox users' web browsers and they convince publishers to use their format, do you HONESTLY think they'll keep decoders readily available for other operating systems?
Likewise, if the features in those processors start being used by the content industry, how do you think that will affect the handheld ARM devices? How about tablets? What about all of the perfectly operable PCs that are already being used and are well-capable of playing high-def content? Should I throw it out and buy something new if I want to watch the hottest new movie without a sabotaged viewing experience?
