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- More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage
- More on HD, DRM, and CPU usageSo answer the question, I was one of the quoted[B]f PowerDVD supplied the complete end to end protected pipe, then why did MS add it into the OS? [/B]You will also note that I put a ? mark at the end of the statement....
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Vista, 1080p, PowerDVD
- Discussion threads 2007-09-08
- More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage
- This is a very quick follow-up to my previous post documenting my experience with HD DVD and Blu-ray playback on Windows Vista. (If you haven't been following this story, you'll want to read that post and its predecessor, Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Vista to get the proper background.) DRM doom-and-gloomers...
- Tags: Monitor, Video Card, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, CPU, Blu-ray, Analog Playback, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- A Blu-ray / HD DVD update
- A Blu-ray / HD DVD updateThanks for providing real world testing!Question for the linux users: Does anyone have a link to similar articles/blogs showing results for MythTV or LinuxMCE ?How do the features compare? How difficult is it to set up and use?RE: A Blu-ray / HD DVD...
- Tags: HD DVD, Digital rights management (DRM), DVD, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NVidia Corp., HD-DVD, PowerDVD, HDCP, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management, 1080p
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- A Blu-ray / HD DVD update
- Last week I listed the six essential hardware and software pieces you need to successfully play back a commercially produced high-definition disk in either the Blu-ray or HD DVD format. Over the weekend I had a chance to put both formats to the test. Setup took minutes, and the results...
- Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Blu-ray, DVD, PowerDVD Software, HD, CyberLink, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- HD-DVD copy protection in tatters
- Late last year I posted information about a new HD-DVD decryption utility that was released which was capable of decrypting a AACS (Advanced Access Content System) protected HD-DVD discs as long as title keys were available. Many were skeptical. Some pointed to the technical problems of extracting title...
- Tags: Cutting Edge, Copyright, HD-DVD, AACS
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
Additional Resources
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV & Home Theater, digital-rights management, DRM Sucks, HD-DVD, Friday Rant, perfect example, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! Today a cautionary tale for those of you buying HD DVD players and discs. If you've been looking at the slew of cheap HD DVD discs and players on the market and feel that this...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- CyberLink powerdvd (1531D_R4_DVD071109-06_Trial_DVD)
- PowerDVD 8 delivers new dimensions in the way consumers can enjoy their movies. In addition to offering industry-leading movie playback quality in high-definition (HD), PowerDVD now extends the movie experience with an online web service called MoovieLive and offers an innovative and novel concept of remixing your favorite DVD movies...
- Tags: Movie, CyberLink, PowerDVD 8
- Software downloads 2008-04-03
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-ray
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayRE: What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayWhy convert? if you have the DVDs then you have the player right? just keep using itNo rush...Assuming one already owns an HD-DVD drive for their PC, there is no reason...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Privacy Shield (exe)
- Privacy Shield erases data by using government-level removal techniques. It completely "cleans" your computer of any Internet/Windows habits you want to guarantee won't get discovered. Privacy Shield covers your tracks for you, in seconds it will clear your browser history, browser cache, system cookies, visited and typed URL list, locked...
- Tags: History, Toolbar, Web Browser, Privacy-Shield, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Digital Music, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
- The most disappointing products of 2007
- The most disappointing products of 2007Haup & VistaNow my Haup HD tuner is USB, so maybe that makes a difference, but after following the installation instructions to a tee I had a perfectly working tuner/capture card on Vista HP. Now mind you, Haup's software is vintage mid-1990's quality, but with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, security, Haup USB TV tuner, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870
- First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870Would of been nice to know this beforehand...Since I just recently upgraded my 9800 Pro AIW AGP to an SLI motherboard cause I couldn't find any acceptable Crossfire alternatives to the SLI versions.Oh well, I ain't gonna return my motherboard, cause now I'm...
- Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, GTS 640, card, ATI Technologies Inc., ATi, ATI Radeon HD 3870, home theater, ATI Radeon
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- Anti Tracks (exe)
- Anti Tracks securely erases your Internet tracks, computer activities, and history stored in hidden files on your computer. It supports Internet Explorer, AOL, Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera browsers. It also includes more than 110 free plug-ins that extend erasing features to support popular programs, such as Acrobat Reader, Kazaa, PowerDVD,...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, U.S. Department Of Defense, Computer, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-10-23
- The Vista wow becomes a whisper
- The Vista wow becomes a whisperI don't know if I could come up with 100 but...I could come up with quite a few to just avoid Vista entirely and jump into Linux. It's not for everybody and I know there are some corporate/enterprise settings locked into Windows for whatever...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista WOW, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1)
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1)Two Samsung monitorsThe first fully supports HDCP and thus will play back any content fed to it by Windows Vista.The second was not designed as an entertainment system. It was specifically designed for use in public places, with content generated by...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-09-16
- Build a $50 DVD burner
- Build a $50 DVD burnerMessage has been deleted.Video??I didn't see a link to any video, nor any video embedded in this story.. WTF..?Still no video...Obviously I'm missing something here because there doesn't seem to be a video, embedded or otherwise on this page.Viewed in Opera 9.5 Alpha, Opera 9.23 and...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, DVD burner, video, USB
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray burner
- The Sony BWU-100A offers every possible optical-media support except for HD-DVD, of course. Its sleek, transparent-black faceplate would make it an attractive part of your living room media center's PC. Unfortunately, Blu-ray drives are still very expensive--this one costs $700. Though Blu-ray burner prices have and will continue to fall,...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, DVD, Sony BWU-100A, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-06-28
- CyberLink PowerCinema (exe)
- CyberLink PowerCinema turns your PC into a complete home entertainment center. TV: watch digital or analog TV; schedule the recording of TV programs, or forward and rewind live with time-shift recording. Movies: play DVDs via the award-winning PowerDVD decoding engine, with superb graphics and support for home theater sound systems....
- Tags: Radio, Home Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-06-08
- Vista slow to boot? Get the facts (Troubleshoot slow starts with Vista's Event Viewer)
- Vista slow to boot? Get the facts (Troubleshoot slow starts with Vista's Event Viewer)Keep the information coming!Great information about detecting - but let's assume that somethings causing persistent slowdowns - how to find out what's wrong and speed it up?Keep the information coming :).Troubleshoting?The article was interesting but "troubleshooting"to me...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Right Now IT, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- (Images: Installing Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp)
- (Images: Installing Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp)Who on earth!Who in there right mind would want to install Windows on a MAC? I'm not windows bashing, but seems to be a pointless act of futility if you ask me!I think this a good transitionWith the current way of...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, Apple Macintosh, OSX, Microsoft Windows XP, Hard drive system, nVidia 7300GT 256MG, games superbly, nVidia 7300GT, Microsoft Windows, MS Office Programs, ProMac, WETHER, video, superbly
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
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