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No Full HD Playback for 32-bit Vista
snafu109 writes "Pity the Vista user with a 32-bit CPU. Senior Program Manager Steve Riley announced today at Tech.Ed Australia that full HD content shall only be played at the full resolution where only signed drivers are used — only in the 64-bit version of Vista. From the article: '"Any next-generation high definition content will not play in x32 at all," said Riley. "This is a decision that the Media Player folks made because there are just too many ways right now for unsigned kernel mode code [to compromise content protection]. The media companies asked us to do this and said they don't want any of their high definition content to play in x32 at all, because of all of the unsigned malware that runs in kernel mode can get around content protection, so we had to do this."'"
Seriously folks. There are no distinctions between the current 32bit systems and future 64bit systems. All video will play just fine on any mac.
I have full HD resolution video clips on my Macbook Pro and there are no resolution based DRM restrictions in OS X.
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Yeah! Back in 1995 I remember buying what was marketed as a 64-bit CPU. It was called Pentium, does the article mean that this version of Windows won't work on my CPU which they themselves (in co-operation with Intel) marketed as 64-bit?
Oh.
First off, HD is a scam. It's a waste of time and effort to make people think they're having a better experience.
How about this, make movies with REAL PLOTS AND HUMAN ELEMENTS?
Second, don't use Vista. I don't see them dictating what GNU/Linux can do.
Third, 720x480 is just fine for movies. Grow up.
Tom
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