Vista may not support outputting HD

[solvs]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122738,tk,dn100405X,00.asp

Most Monitors Won't Play New HD Video

Vista's content protection will block or blur high-def movies on today's displays.

Hadn't seen this posted yet. I realize some of it's hardware, but it's still stupid. You'd think M$ could stand up to the MPAA the way Apple stands up to the RIAA. I feel sorry for the early adopters of HD TVs and monitors.

 

[Heb1228]

Funny that MS is blocking something 1 year away that people can already do on a G5.

 

[velocityg4]

Hackers will definetely figure out a way around this problem. As for myself I still have CRT tvs and computer screens. So I could care less. I feel sorry for those with a brand new $6000 HD 50" LCD's though.

Also consumer complaints and class action law suits on MS and the film industry wil probably remove this restriction. Moves like this make me hate the film industry since they are just hurting law abiding paying consumers. Pirates will have a work around so they won't be affected.

 

[strider42]

Funny that MS is blocking something 1 year away that people can already do on a G5.

according to this, its not really MS's doing. And OS X won't be able to do it either: http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2005/10/5/1433

 

[BGil]

according to this, its not really MS's doing. And OS X won't be able to do it either: http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2005/10/5/1433

Dude, no one is going to listen to you because youi speak the truth. The truth is not welcome here.

 

[Loge]

Amazing how consumers seem to have no say at all in any of this.

 

[eva01]

Amazing how consumers seem to have no say at all in any of this.

do we ever?

 

[BGil]

do we ever?

Why shoould we? It's theier stuff and they can do whatever they want with it. When you make your content then you can protect it or not protect it as you see fit.
If you don't want to buy protected media then don't.

 

[solvs]

Dude, no one is going to listen to you because youi speak the truth. The truth is not welcome here.

Actually, I appreciate the information. I'm glad I may be wrong. But thank you for assuming the worst of me. What's a youi?

 

[mkrishnan]

Why shoould we? It's theier stuff and they can do whatever they want with it. When you make your content then you can protect it or not protect it as you see fit.
If you don't want to buy protected media then don't.

Well, according to Ars Technica, the "blurry" image is still 480i....

But anyways, the customers' response option is to refuse to upgrade to the format. Remember DIVX?

 

[eva01]

Why shoould we? It's theier stuff and they can do whatever they want with it. When you make your content then you can protect it or not protect it as you see fit.
If you don't want to buy protected media then don't.

Customer is always right?

 

[ham_man]

There has got to be some anti-trust issues or something here...

Even if there are none, it is still bull****...

 

[eva01]

Well, according to Ars Technica, the "blurry" image is still 480i....

But anyways, the customers' response option is to refuse to upgrade to the format. Remember DIVX?

I wont be upgrading unless i get a HDTV, or i will just hack it to work bwahah

 

[840quadra]

I am no Audio / Videophile, so if this is a limited ability system, that disables what I want to use to watch / display it, i won't buy it.

I am really not happy with the attention that RIAA and others have put forward on Pirating, and also don't appreciate being "forced" into a new standard. If it is a slow (5 year) transition much like VHS to DVD, I will be fine with it.