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johnz said:DRM isn't a big deal. The Inquirer is a crap site, that uses inflammatory articles to get visitors. They're often filled with half truths, and missing information. In this case, DRM can cause degradation of video quality if all hardware and software checks don't follow a secure path and content owners choose to enable that feature in HD content. Regular CDs and DVDs will play fine.
MRD said:XP is still faster, more stable, more compatible, and has less DRM. I just can't see a reason to go with Vista.
MRD said:XP is still faster, more stable, more compatible, and has less DRM. I just can't see a reason to go with Vista.
IntruderII said:Compatibility wise, it dropped some legacy support and still has some fledgling or unmade drivers. I can't blame 'em, really. It's still a very compatible OS.
johnz said:DRM isn't a big deal. The Inquirer is a crap site, that uses inflammatory articles to get visitors. They're often filled with half truths, and missing information. In this case, DRM can cause degradation of video quality if all hardware and software checks don't follow a secure path and content owners choose to enable that feature in HD content. Regular CDs and DVDs will play fine.
Neur0mancer said:I thought in the US all cable/sat etc providers had to be HD and HDCP by 2010 or 2013.
Pinky said:In most cases is it was poor and/or untested driver programming by the device manufacturer causing the problems.
DRM is not an immediate big deal, but it should be a long-term concern on everyone's radar.johnz said:DRM isn't a big deal. The Inquirer is a crap site, that uses inflammatory articles to get visitors. They're often filled with half truths, and missing information. In this case, DRM can cause degradation of video quality if all hardware and software checks don't follow a secure path and content owners choose to enable that feature in HD content. Regular CDs and DVDs will play fine.
Captain Newbie said:DRM is not an immediate big deal, but it should be a long-term concern on everyone's radar.
The mere possibility that this technology could be misused to injure consumers needs to be quite well investigated, and sufficient legal safeguards put in place to prevent such injuries.
Your name is DRM backwards! *cue x-files music*
FireMogle said:At work we had software work flawlessly on the dev version and had to scramble to get it working by last weekend. The software didn't get changed in time, whose fault is that?