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New HDTV Encryption Obsoletes Sets

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pain-in-the-asses dept.

Brian Weatherhead writes "I wrote an article, detailing the MPAA's control over your HDTV. Their new standards will make any HDTV bought before 2002 obsolete! Consumers will be upset to say the least." Talks about the different formats for video signals, and copy protection methods for those signals. And yes, if this goes down, anyone with an HDTV without DVI input could very well be watching 480p signals when HDTV standardizes. Fortunately at the rate this stuff has been happening, those TVs will long since have died. But one thing is for sure- with the DMCA, and these new video formats, PVRs could become a thing of the past.

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  1. Re:First PAGE WIDENING post! by satterth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I believe mostly because its anoying. /satterth

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  2. Re:First PAGE WIDENING post! by Restil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know who's doing it. Or if its not him, he uses almost the exact same phrase on my site.

    I'm almost tempted to give out contact info on him.

    Almost.

    -Restil

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  3. Re:First PAGE WIDENING post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Bad news. Mozilla just squeezed and wrapped your lame shit into its current window size, without fucking with the page width.

    Maybe if your browser didn't suck so much ass, you wouldn't look like such a complete fucking retard right now.

  4. Re:First PAGE WIDENING post! by SomeoneYouDontKnow · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Go for it. I think that one of the things that brings out the assholes on the Net is that they think there'll be no consequences for their actions. They think they'll never get caught. A rude awakening every now and then is a good thing.

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  5. Re:First PAGE WIDENING post! by Yottabyte84 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is not a bug in slashcode, it'd a bug in how internet explorer handles wraping. It only seems to bother internet explorer. (konqueror and netscape still wrap it)

  6. Re:another indication by quinto2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I don't think that Ralph Nader really formed the FCC.

    Also, I find Slashdot to be a good place to talk about things. Sometimes there is great discussion, and there is always a chance to hear every side of the story.

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  7. Re:Sometimes, older is better. by zaffir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check out http://www.codefreedvd.com/ if you want to get around those nasty region lockouts.

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  8. Re:What the hell is this?!?!?!?!?!?! by linzeal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that before, after or during sex?

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  9. Re:Glad I didn't buy one.... by sconeu · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I think that with one or two exceptions (Lenny Briscoe is my hero!), #2 has already happened.

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  10. Obsolete (n.) by IntelliTubbie · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    To quote from the late, great Calvin & Hobbes: "Verbing weirds language." Posts like this pose the danger of illiterating Slashdot readers if they are allowed to continue.

    Cheers,
    IT

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