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VideoNOW PVD Reverse Engineering

Posted by simoniker on from the kiddie-player-reversioning-shenanigans dept.

Zoc_All_Alone writes "In mid-July, Hasbro released the VideoNOW, a portable media player for kids. The disks are specially encoded ~3 inch audio CDs. We have started a project to reverse engineer the format, and have made considerable progress. More information about the player can be found at the Hasbro website."

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  1. Re:Feature? by RedWizzard · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What are you talking about? I don't see how the lack of interoperability is any benefit to the consumer. When you sell something to the public you list features that are beneficial to the public, not "features" which are beneficial to the manufacturer or some other third party.