Nintendo's idea is a lot smarter. It means it's impossible to make your own discs unless someone starts producing these smaller blanks. Even then, it Nintendo actually make the spiral closer together, it won't help much. However, this surely increased the price of the hadrware and disc production.
Microsoft's idea is a bit harder to override altho all you really need to do is convince your X-box to read the disc for you or hack your DVD reader's firmware.... However since Microsoft wanted to use standard PC components this isn't surprising.
The DreamCast also used GD-Roms of course although now it's possible to make CD-Roms which work (with less data of course). Also must have increase the hardware + disc production price.
Of course, none of the methods have really done anything to the commercial pirates...
American criminals are apparently smarter then you to realise that it doesn't matter that you can steal the bulb if you can't use it......
Given how much crime including theft there is in the US, it probably is. the cost increase isn't likely to be much though. The cost of these special bulbs is most likely not much more, the only problem is that most likely, you can't change suppliers so easily. I suspect however that they aren't the only ones which use them.
The bit on 220-240V bulbs using different threads is bullshit. Go to the UK etc....
If the bulbs were copy protected then it would be against the DMCA. But they're not..
You will however be arested for theft...... (which is kind of sillly given that you can't use the bulbs)
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Most likely he is sick of idiots who won't leave him alone.
Nintendo's idea is a lot smarter. It means it's impossible to make your own discs unless someone starts producing these smaller blanks. Even then, it Nintendo actually make the spiral closer together, it won't help much. However, this surely increased the price of the hadrware and disc production. Microsoft's idea is a bit harder to override altho all you really need to do is convince your X-box to read the disc for you or hack your DVD reader's firmware.... However since Microsoft wanted to use standard PC components this isn't surprising. The DreamCast also used GD-Roms of course although now it's possible to make CD-Roms which work (with less data of course). Also must have increase the hardware + disc production price. Of course, none of the methods have really done anything to the commercial pirates...
American criminals are apparently smarter then you to realise that it doesn't matter that you can steal the bulb if you can't use it...... Given how much crime including theft there is in the US, it probably is. the cost increase isn't likely to be much though. The cost of these special bulbs is most likely not much more, the only problem is that most likely, you can't change suppliers so easily. I suspect however that they aren't the only ones which use them. The bit on 220-240V bulbs using different threads is bullshit. Go to the UK etc....
If the bulbs were copy protected then it would be against the DMCA. But they're not.. You will however be arested for theft...... (which is kind of sillly given that you can't use the bulbs)