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Taken from: E3 2005: PS3: FULL SPEC SHEET Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing) Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p HDMIHDMI out x 2 AnalogAV MULTI OUT x 1 Digital audioDIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1 Disc media CD: PlayStationCD-ROM PlayStation 2 CD-ROM...

No, I do not. Like I stated in another thread I, personally, do not copy discs. I do not back up discs, record TV shows, or time shift material; however, I know that most people out there do do those things. I can see why they are not willing to give up being able to do those things, just to get...

Well, they could actually start going after organized piracy with the full force of present law, rather than dream up ways to potentially deactivate legally acquired hardware. IMO, combatting organized piracy is not the real reason for the types of copy control being advocated by the hardware...

I'll agree with that; however, the entire sentence seems to indicate that fines or imprisonment can result whether the infringement is criminal or not. In other words, infringement of any nature is a punishable offense. I also read the link that you posted about "fair use". It would seem that...

Well, I did say later in the post that I was not a lawyer. Also I was going by the FBI statement which precedes the beginning of any movie. The statement does not quote the particular legal code that you posted. All it states is that infringement with out monetary gain is still considered to be...

Wrongo! Haven't you seen the new copyright notice from your friendly KG....I mean, FBI department. It clearly states that "criminal infringement, including infringement with out monetary gain, will be investigated" and can result in prosecution and imprisonment. Technically, any copying of...

Ripping off copies of copyrighted material is not an imprisonable offence in the Netherlands?

That is what happens when you get two formats vying for the same market. Everybody wants to sit on the fence b because no one wants to get burned by buying into a losing format. The situation also isn't helped by the announcement of yet another type storage media: the H-ROM, as noted in another...

There is no such thing as "future-proof". I spent a load of cash on audio and video equipment in the search for the holy grail called "future-proof". That equipment is now as obsolete as the $500 receiver that I could have bought. Next time I think I'm just going to by cheap receivers and...

I just don't get these suppostions that HD video discs are going to be relegated to a niche market because "not everyone owns an HDTV". Have you guys been to a big box electronic retailer lately? I have, and I have noticed that 90 percent of the sets on display are High Definition sets. Even...