No, Blu-ray players will not down-convert the analog output signal unless the video contains something called an Image Constraint Token (ICT). This feature is not part of the Blu-ray Disc spec, but of the AACS copy-protection system also adopted by HD-DVD. In the end it will be up to each movie studio to decide if they want to use this "feature" on their releases or not. The good news is that Sony, Disney, Fox, Paramount, MGM and Universal have already stated that they have no intention of using this feature. The other studios, which have yet to announce their plans, will most likely follow suit to avoid getting bad publicity. If any of the studios still decide to use ICT they will have to state this on the cover of their movies, so you should have no problem avoiding these titles.
blu Ray players will not output 720p,1080i on component output on discs that have the copy protection flag set. This happens to be almost all the discs available. Reference please? As far as I can tell, no currently-available Blu-Ray titles have the flag set. My PS3 plays disks in 720p (or 1080i) over component just fine. I was surprised (but happy) to find this out...
You don't have to be a free software zealot to be one who believes that Microsoft is too big and has too much power and should be eschewed.
and you don't have to be a zealot to believe that microsoft's user interfaces suck. I use Linux because I'm a Unix geek, and Linux is by far the best desktop Unix out there. If I didn't run Linux, I'd be using a computer with a decent user interface: a Macintosh.
With adequate CPU and memory, it's really almost like being there. My wife works with big (1280x960) jpegs all day (not porn (as far as i know)) and the performance is fine. I just switched her over to diskless, and she loves it.
If you're running Linux, you can setup a diskless desktop, and put your server in another room.
see www.DisklessWorkstations.com for bootable network cards. If you need to dual-boot, you can boot an nfs-root capable kernel from a local disk, and set the disk to spin down after, e.g., 1 minute.
www.quietpc.com has power supplies that are *much* quiter than PC Power & Cooling's. They're in England, but they ship quickly, and are well worth the wait. They also sell the Molex radial-fin CPU coolers, which are very quiet.
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Dude, the Series 3 is discontinued. It's replacement, the Tivo HD, is about 2-fiddy. And it does a bit more than just play YouTube videos.
http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_analog_output 1.12
Will Blu-ray down-convert analog outputs?
No, Blu-ray players will not down-convert the analog output signal unless the video contains something called an Image Constraint Token (ICT). This feature is not part of the Blu-ray Disc spec, but of the AACS copy-protection system also adopted by HD-DVD. In the end it will be up to each movie studio to decide if they want to use this "feature" on their releases or not. The good news is that Sony, Disney, Fox, Paramount, MGM and Universal have already stated that they have no intention of using this feature. The other studios, which have yet to announce their plans, will most likely follow suit to avoid getting bad publicity. If any of the studios still decide to use ICT they will have to state this on the cover of their movies, so you should have no problem avoiding these titles.
Sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't quite place it.
You sound more like a homophone to me.
um, hello? that's exactly what the "not insightful" parent was saying.
Karl Marx. No wait, Groucho.
damn. wish I had a mod point :)
it's "sole purpose", dumb-ass.
otherwise, great post.
That does not make sense!
In American English, yes - in British English, no.
you've just summed up the problem with democracy.
No, the DirectTivo stores the incoming VBR MPEG-2 stream directly. It doesn't even have an encoder.
Using windows never even occurred to me.
Katz is an idiot. That is all. Thank you.
Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
cute. an obfuscated "rm -rf ~". too bad it doesn't actually work.
Wow, it bugs me when people do that.
With adequate CPU and memory, it's really almost like being there. My wife works with big (1280x960) jpegs all day (not porn (as far as i know)) and the performance is fine. I just switched her over to diskless, and she loves it.
Even Unreal Tournament works fine diskless.
If you're running Linux, you can setup a diskless desktop, and put your server in another room.
see www.DisklessWorkstations.com for bootable network cards. If you need to dual-boot, you can boot an nfs-root capable kernel from a local disk, and set the disk to spin down after, e.g., 1 minute.
www.quietpc.com has power supplies that are *much* quiter than PC Power & Cooling's. They're in England, but they ship quickly, and are well worth the wait. They also sell the Molex radial-fin CPU coolers, which are very quiet.