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TheHappyFriar schrieb am 05.02.2007 um 15:07 Uhr
Here's some more info on it.

but does this surprise anyone? Can't watch 1080 movies on PS3 unless you use HDMI. Vista has tons of "content protection" schemes.

anyway, I'm glad. That'll (perhaps) people to not supports HD formats & vista & push the drive for HD downloadble content & a quicker change to Vista.

Should WE (the consumer) really need to pay extra $$ to play HD content that we already payed for? Or that we made ourselves?
Ayath The Loafer schrieb am 05.02.2007 um 19:46 Uhr
Didn't it say somewhere that it was the producer of the HD content that could make a decision to not have Vista play the content in HD quality?

And wasn't it also somewhere mentioned that the drop in quality wasn't going to be bad enough to be noticed on computer screens anyway?

I guess what I'm asking is whether this is another "Kill Bill" scare that doesn't really have any noticeable consequence for the average user?

JHR
TheHappyFriar schrieb am 05.02.2007 um 22:23 Uhr
the articles just mentioned DB/HDDVD discs, not video on the hard drive. So prehaps it could still play HD no problem (my Win2K & ATI 9600 plays HD just fine). it doesn't say that the producer has an option anywhere, it's a "our way or the highway" kinds thing (like the PS3/component/HDMI quality "issues").

Monitors are higher res then HD allows (at least mine it... 1600x1200), so there's no reason to not have the highest quality.

But if users can't tell the difference between 720p & 1080p then why do people care about 1080p? Because people can tell the difference. :)

i don't know who'd want to watch video on their PC anyway... 30-50" TV's vs 17-20" monitors. :? (plus interlaced looks like crap, no matter what you try, the progressive ALWAYS looks better)
rmack350 schrieb am 06.02.2007 um 04:03 Uhr
The playback is supposed to be controlled by a flag on the media (the disc, but I suppose it could be in the HD transmission as well)

There are several tag options. At this point its hard to get the complete picture but you could try this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Constraint_Token

The two tokens that come into play are ICT and DOT. As I understand it there are a variety of token possibilities, but ICT is the one that downrezes output to 960x540. DOT on the other hand can deny playback altogether.

Studios are expected to implement the tokens gradually as SD analog hardware sunsets.

Rob Mack