Blu-Ray Demos in Colorado (1 Viewer)

[JohnRice]

Ah. I'm dreaming of the good old days and those wonderful DD vs. DTS arguments.

BTW David, it seems pretty clear the "comparison" was specifically designed to make BR look best. Regardless of how proper some of the reactions to your comments are, you seem to have fallen for the marketing spin hook line and sinker. So much so in fact, it makes you sound like a shill.

 

[Ryan-G]

While this is true, the process will be done by a drive and a video card that are both protected by Protected Video Path. So even on a computer, the OS and the drive itself should be checking for PVP before transmitting the signal, with or without the flag set.

But the Toshiba likely doesn't have this or check for it. The Player likely just has a Linux setup that just does it's normal checks and passes the information, no check on the vid card for HDCP or PVP.

So it leaves the data open the very way that Microsoft is working to prevent the data open, no check for HDCP compliance on the vid card. It may not even check for HDCP compliance on the motherboard, which would be *extremely* bad. That would mean that if the Linux setup they're using can be dumped, PVP can be bypassed and HDCP and DVI/HDMI compliance with HD-DVD drives can be bypassed. It would mean the analog hole would persist with hackers.

Which, in turn, would likely mean the studios take a much harder look at whether or not they want to use HD-DVD, as everything they put into protecting High Def movies could be out the window on HD-DVD.