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On 24 May 2008, at 10:03, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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>> I would avoid bluray until it gets easier to play. |
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> Hmm, on which features depends the encryption? Would a Windows Media |
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> Player in Wine be able to play it or do I need an operating system |
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> supporting it, maybe in a virtual machine? Has anyone tried? |
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Neither of these methods would work at all. |
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Read up on the Protected Video Path (PVP) at: |
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do? |
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command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9005047 |
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Basically you won't be able to use a "legitimate" player under Linux. |
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You either rip it, use a DeCSS equivalent, or not at all. |
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>> Why would you buy an HD-DVD reader? |
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>> That format is dead and there won't be any new titles. |
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> It's meant for my dad. He's a big Star Trek fan and afaik the new |
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> remastered Star Trek Original Series is HD-DVD-only. |
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It'll probably be available on BluRay soon enough, although HD-DVD |
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might be a cheap way to buy it. But don't plan on being able to use |
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those disks on set-top hi-def players in 5 years time. |
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> The price |
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> difference isn't that big, either. |
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For the drive, no. It's probably worth paying for that extra feature. |
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Stroller. |
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