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| Thread ID: 112694 | 2010-09-18 07:55:00 | Pfft! Who needs Blu-Ray? | The Error Guy (14052) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1138028 | 2010-09-19 01:47:00 | (using a similar method to 360 disks so its hard to tamper with) Err.. custom firmware solved that problem quite easily... |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1138029 | 2010-09-19 03:15:00 | I am forced to "illegally" copy purchased DVDs just so I can watch them on my TV without them looking like **** due to the Macrovision crap which interferes with the signal. Once again, Legit users get burned, and pirates don't care! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1138030 | 2010-09-19 03:33:00 | Approved Content (xkcd.com) | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1138031 | 2010-09-19 04:40:00 | Some games like MW2 did it well. it is pretty much sealed up now. after release it got a bit beat up with several cracks but they are all fixed. Won't post a link here but google alterIWnet. Nothing is exempt from piracy. |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1138032 | 2010-09-19 04:45:00 | In some cases illegal rips i have seen are better than the origional DVD's. Legit does fail in most places | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1138033 | 2010-09-19 09:35:00 | As Erayd pointed out, quite a few people seem to be confusing HDCP (which had it's master key leaked recently) with AACS. HDCP is the encryption used on HDMI cables, and, with the leaked key, is now similar to the analouge hole (all the encryption is side-stepped because the output is now, essentially, open). AACS is the encryption scheme (one component of the whole protection scheme) is used on Blu-ray. Think of it like CSS on DVD's. (In theory) even if the master key was leaked, so long as publishers implemented other custom security features (one option on Blu-ray is a whole Java virtual machine), all you would get is the unencrypted data stream, which might still be garbage data if it doesn't go through the VM, etc. Yeah... |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1138034 | 2010-09-19 09:45:00 | ....so I can watch them on my TV without them looking like **** due to the Macrovision crap which interferes with the signal.... Interesting. Do you mean regular DVD's or Blu Ray? What size and type screen do you have? I am curious what the difference you see with Macrovision interfering with the signal. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1138035 | 2010-09-19 09:49:00 | Once again, Legit users get burned, and pirates don't care! Can't agree more, steam is a perfect example :badpc: |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1138036 | 2010-09-19 15:47:00 | Interesting. Do you mean regular DVD's or Blu Ray? What size and type screen do you have? I am curious what the difference you see with Macrovision interfering with the signal. Regular DVDs, Don't have a Blu-Ray player of any kind. My TV does not have even a composite video input, so anything I wish to connect I must route through a VCR first. This is not a problem with most things at all. However, Macrovision is designed to screw with the VCRs processing circuits so if you try to pirate a DVD by copying it to a tape, It will look like rubbish. (Who would want to do that anyway, when you can burn a perfect copy with a computer?) The result is that if I wish to watch a DVD that has Macrovision without it looking horrible, I must rip and re-burn the DVD 'illegally' all because of their copy protection. So their copy protection forces me to make a copy, how ironic. However if I was to download a DVDRip and play it through my PC connected to the TV I would have no problem at all. Which is why the pirates laugh and the legitimate users get pissed off, the whole thing is a joke, DVD Decrypter proves that the copy protection is completely breakable, and why I think all forms of copy protection should be smartly defenestrated. I cannot imagine the millions of dollars these companies spend developing these things, to have them cracked by some pirates who would have spent a lot less money. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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