Comments on: The HD Format War: End Game? http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/ Just what the world needs, another blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DVDGuy http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3103 DVDGuy Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:53:21 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3103 Juan: I won't argue against professional pirates being unaffected by consumer level copy protection, as that's always been true - these guys probably own the same pressing plants that are making the legal discs, so they can make complete copies, with copy protection and all. BD+, as I've mentioned, is something that's completely new. Think of it as a small programs that can adapt itself and change from disc to disc to thwart hacked machines (eg. hacked region-free machines) and detect abnormal usage environments (eg. if you've copied the movie to the hard-disk, instead of using the original disc). Like any software, it can be modified time and time again to block out attempts to hack or bypass it, making it impossible to break using a universal hack (unlike previous copy protection methods, which had severe flaws which made hacking so much easier). Despite what you may read from other websites, BD+ remains unhacked as of present (there is a work-around with PowerDVD Ultra, but it's already been patched to remove the loop-hole) and if the people who usually does these hacks are to be believed, it may never be hacked completely (if a version is hacked, a new version of BD+ will be produced rendering the old hack obsolete - new versions of BD+ will certainly be produced at a faster rate than it can be hacked). You can read more about BD+ from this document provided by Dell: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/vectors/brcp.pdf Juan: I won’t argue against professional pirates being unaffected by consumer level copy protection, as that’s always been true - these guys probably own the same pressing plants that are making the legal discs, so they can make complete copies, with copy protection and all.

BD+, as I’ve mentioned, is something that’s completely new. Think of it as a small programs that can adapt itself and change from disc to disc to thwart hacked machines (eg. hacked region-free machines) and detect abnormal usage environments (eg. if you’ve copied the movie to the hard-disk, instead of using the original disc). Like any software, it can be modified time and time again to block out attempts to hack or bypass it, making it impossible to break using a universal hack (unlike previous copy protection methods, which had severe flaws which made hacking so much easier). Despite what you may read from other websites, BD+ remains unhacked as of present (there is a work-around with PowerDVD Ultra, but it’s already been patched to remove the loop-hole) and if the people who usually does these hacks are to be believed, it may never be hacked completely (if a version is hacked, a new version of BD+ will be produced rendering the old hack obsolete - new versions of BD+ will certainly be produced at a faster rate than it can be hacked).

You can read more about BD+ from this document provided by Dell:

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/vectors/brcp.pdf

]]> By: Juan mayayo http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3099 Juan mayayo Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:49:28 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3099 I don't believe those awsome protection systems of blu-ray technology will remain unbroken for a long time. Sooner or later amateur crackers and proffesional priracy will render useless toese barriers. History always repeats I don’t believe those awsome protection systems of blu-ray technology will remain unbroken for a long time. Sooner or later amateur crackers and proffesional priracy will render useless toese barriers. History always repeats

]]> By: Larry http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3036 Larry Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:00:47 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3036 Personally, if this happens I will give up trying to keep up with technology. I will try to wait for final perfection, which may never come. I am not that versed in technology, but I am smart enough to see that these companies are only giving us their knowledge a little at a time to increase profits and I am tired trying to keep up and will not go for Blu Ray in the near future. Personally, if this happens I will give up trying to keep up with technology. I will try to wait for final perfection, which may never come. I am not that versed in technology, but I am smart enough to see that these companies are only giving us their knowledge a little at a time to increase profits and I am tired trying to keep up and will not go for Blu Ray in the near future.

]]> By: Weekly News Roundup (13 January 2008) « Blog Archive « DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3012 Weekly News Roundup (13 January 2008) « Blog Archive « DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:15:25 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-3012 [...] DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest Just what the world needs, another blog « The HD Format War: End Game? [...] [...] DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest Just what the world needs, another blog « The HD Format War: End Game? [...]

]]> By: Darren http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-2981 Darren Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:05:35 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/01/09/the-hd-format-war-end-game/#comment-2981 I dunno..... in 2009 I'll hopefully still to be buying/renting DVDs. "It’s the optical format studios have been dreaming about since before DVD, not because of improved quality or any of the things we consumers look for...." I'm not sure about the quality comment. If it were completely true who would ever download a movie from the internet, or even buy an LCD monitor/TV? I guess the best possible quality could be important for many people, but for me they're just movies and (99 times in 100) something to watch and then forget about. I dunno….. in 2009 I’ll hopefully still to be buying/renting DVDs.

“It’s the optical format studios have been dreaming about since before DVD, not because of improved quality or any of the things we consumers look for….”

I’m not sure about the quality comment. If it were completely true who would ever download a movie from the internet, or even buy an LCD monitor/TV?
I guess the best possible quality could be important for many people, but for me they’re just movies and (99 times in 100) something to watch and then forget about.

]]>