hi-def disk format war is OVER!

[SIG220]

Well, Blu Ray has definitely won.

National Geographic Magazine has announced that they will no longer sell HD DVD's of their popular Wildlife shows.  Only Blu Ray disks will be made from now on.

See:

http://www.slashgear.com/national-geographic-finished-with-hd-dvd-309994.php

The world is getting bluer.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Originally posted by lazs2
Ok..  I haven't bought any HD DVD's or blue ray  or players so what does this mean to me?

I can't help but think it is a good thing right?   I mean..  now they can get on with it and the prices can fall and I don't have to guess who is gonna win out and make whatever I buy a joke or the wave of the future.

When I do buy something it will be supported.   I don't care who wins..  let's get on with the price wars.

lazs

Usually when there's a competition the prices are low. When there's a monopoly, the prices are high since no one can challenge you. (like Rocky Montain Power in SLC, that laughted at me when I complained about their service, and told me I could always start my own electrical company).

[Shuffler]

The war aint over yet....

[68Wooley]

Originally posted by Chairboy
The super restrictive DRM on BluRay and HD-DVD both infringe on our rights as consumers to fair use.

As long as there is DRM, ways will be found to crack it.

[SIG220]

Toshiba made it official today.   After numerous recent setbacks in its war with Sony over which new High Definition format would prevail, Toshiba today caved in and gave up.

The recent decision by Walmart to stop selling the Toshiba HD DVD format must have been too much, I suppose.

Here is a new story with full details of Toshiba's surrender, and Sony's victory:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331150,00.html


If you bought a Toshiba HD DVD player and or some DVD's in that format, then you are unfortunately sort of out of luck.   Hope that your player does not break and that you will consequently not be able to play your disks anymore.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by 68Wooley
As long as there is DRM, ways will be found to crack it.

Was just going ot say that old saying
"For every counter there is a counter."

someones already started

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/bluray_drm_crac.html

[Skuzzy]

They still cannot break the encryption without the key.  That is the trick.  There never will be a hack which will break AACS without the key.

Not even sure if it matters or not.  HDCP can easily intervene and not play HD content improperly encrypted.  So the decrypted version would only be useful for what?  As HDCP is built into the hardware, it cannot be circumvented.  Wait until they activate ICT.  Then the fun begins.  And if these guys keep on jacking the movies, it will probably expedite the enabling of the ICT tag.

Of course, I guess a hacker could design their own silicone to get around HDCP.  Then mass produce it, then provide instructions on how to remove a surface mount part from a PC board and how to install the chip.  I guess nothing is impossble.

It's not DVD folks.  It's a whole new level of intrusion.