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Hello Folks, |
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In a previous thread I was curious about DLNA and anyone's experiences |
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with it. DLNA is definitely a new MicroSoft Infection! |
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As it turns out, a very bright (savant) EE friend of mine shared his recent |
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experience with DLNA: |
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QUOTE: |
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I would suspect that anything designed to just "work over the web" would |
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be in bed with Microsoft - and have all sort of security holes in it. A |
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better option might be something that just works over 232. I have two |
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digital crossovers which work over a wire with a simple (very simple) |
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GUI. No connection to the internet required. On the other hand, the DJ |
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console I just bought *requires* an internet connection to set up the |
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first time. Not only that, but all security software turned OFF. So I |
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turned off Windows Update to plug that little hole. Wrong answer, McFly! |
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It blew up on me. Not |
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having Windows Update turned on szhexed the on-board firmware when it |
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tried |
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to download it. And the registry was corrupt, which I had to fix |
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manually. I *finally* got a driver and firmware package from them that |
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can be installed locally, offline. But what the *didn't* tell me is that |
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the firmware could |
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not be installed on a Windows 7 machine. Blew up again. Re-initialized |
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on my XP machine, where it works now. But I'm still trying to get the |
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Win 7 drivers sorted out. There are still registry errors. Now compare |
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this to my new measurement software I just bought - it works on ANYTHING |
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(even Wine) and comes with a USB hardware key. Can't run it on more than |
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one machine without the key. Isn't this about 10000 times easier?????? |
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end rant. |
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END/QUOTE |
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So avoid DLNA unless you field test before purchase.... |
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http://www.dlna.org/ |
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James |
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