Hi-Def Format Issues « Videomaker Community Forums

compusolver
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For those of us interested in how the format wars are playing out and what effect they might be having on retailers -

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6023768.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

Posted 6 years ago #
DVine
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personally i think Blu-ray is what will take over. This whole is stupid and consumers are not going to buy something they think will go out soon. I think a lot of people will just wait to see what happens.

The reason i say blu-ray will win is because it is supposed to have more copyright protection than hd dvd. Which is a very big concern in the industry right now.

i guess we will see.

Posted 6 years ago #
Endeavor
Member

Someone will end up copying them anyway. DVDs are supposed to be copy protected too but anyone with a dvd burner a bit of freeware can copy them.

Posted 6 years ago #
DVine
Member

Yeah they can, but blu-ray is suppossed to take it a few steps further.

This is from CDFreaks.com

The foundation of the Blu-ray content management system, AACS(1), is a state of the art content management system that is many times more powerful than that used in DVD. Additionally, AACS enables new consumer usage models around network functionality and internet connectivity including managing copies, in an authorized and secure manner.

In addition to AACS, the BDA took a dramatic step in the battle against mass production piracy with the adoption of ROM Mark. ROM Mark, which is unique to Blu-ray Disc, is a new technology designed specifically to thwart large scale, mass production piracy, a problem that experts estimate costs the movie industry alone in excess of $3 billion per year in lost revenue. To combat this, the ROM Mark technology embeds a unique and undetectable identifier in pre-recorded BD-ROM media such as movies, music and games. While invisible to consumers, this ROM Mark can only be mastered with equipment available to licensed BD-ROM manufacturers, essentially preventing unauthorized copies of a disc.

The BDA also adopted "BD+", a Blu-ray Disc specific programmable renewability enhancement that gives content providers an additional means to respond to organized attacks on the security system by allowing dynamic updates of compromised code. With these enhancements, content providers have a number of methods to choose from to combat hacks on Blu-ray players. Moreover, BD+ affects only players that have been attacked, as opposed to those that are vulnerable but haven't been attacked and therefore continue to operate properly.

Posted 6 years ago #
Endeavor
Member

It's too bad they have to go to such lengths. I understand it but I like to be able to burn movies to my HD. I prefer to watch them from my computer than to have to put in a disk, watch the previews or copy notices, navigate the menus and press play. I prefer to open a file, and have the movie play instantly, skip chapters more quickly, ff more quickly and not worry about the kids ruining the disc rendering it unplayable. Oh yeah, and movies like Lord of the rings are all one file so I don't have to change discs!

Not to mention, LCD monitors are cheaper than lcd tvs (for some stupid reason).

Posted 6 years ago #
DVine
Member

Not exactly sure why, though i know part of it is that LCD monitors have diffrent refresh rates on them or something. Thats why when we were shopping for new monitors for editing we had to get certain ones to show a certain detail.

Since most LCD tvs are either HD or HD ready; this may be the cause.

Posted 6 years ago #