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Its now "Windows Vista" instead of Longhorn. But really, I'm definately going to hold off on Vista until someone does the right thing and hacks it so we can all use our current monitors without Microsoft bossing us around.
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It would be wise to hold off anyway as it will take a year, if not longer, to get the bugs out of it.BaconTheory said:Its now "Windows Vista" instead of Longhorn. But really, I'm definately going to hold off on Vista until someone does the right thing and hacks it so we can all use our current monitors without Microsoft bossing us around.
gustav said:Yes BUT eventually everyone will have to get Longhorn if they want to have a secure (as secure as M$ gets) system because Microsoft will stop putting out updates for XP just like they did with 98 and ME and older OS's.
mage_x said:So isn't this only for pirated videos? Why are you guys complaining then? Mad that you won't be able to STEAL anymore? It inevitably will be cracked, though, just like every other piece of software that's ever been made.
yup, basically if I go out and buy a new 24 inch dell monitor and use longhorn I wouldn't be able to watch a brand spankin new movie of the time that I just payed good money for. Personally I see it as an infringement on my rights, but I'm not a lawyergustav said:Not necessarily. If you have a monitor which does not support this, whether you bought a legit copy of a dvd or other media or have a pirated one, its still going to cut the resolution real low and then blow it up, making it look fuzzy and crappy. I'm not sure how exactly it works, but I think as long as you have a monitor which supports it, you could still view a pirated dvd or other media with the full resolution, unless there is something that will be physicaly on retail/legit copies (the disc maybe?) that will allow you to play the full resolution version. If its something in the coding which is more likely than the former, then I'm sure it could be cracked and probably will be.
What's the point of being able to view pirated video on the protected monitor and not being able to on the unprotected? That doesn't make sense. I don't think it effects real DVDs, that would just be plain stupid.gustav said:Not necessarily. If you have a monitor which does not support this, whether you bought a legit copy of a dvd or other media or have a pirated one, its still going to cut the resolution real low and then blow it up, making it look fuzzy and crappy. I'm not sure how exactly it works, but I think as long as you have a monitor which supports it, you could still view a pirated dvd or other media with the full resolution, unless there is something that will be physicaly on retail/legit copies (the disc maybe?) that will allow you to play the full resolution version. If its something in the coding which is more likely than the former, then I'm sure it could be cracked and probably will be.
if you just bought a new dell 24 inch LCD for 800 longhorn will not allow you to watch a movie with this protection on it. Frankly I'm not willing to bet 800 dollars that someone will crack and, and crack it for everything I need. What if games are deemed protected content? can't crack the game or it'd be a punk buster violation probably.mage_x said:What's the point of being able to view pirated video on the protected monitor and not being able to on the unprotected? That doesn't make sense. I don't think it effects real DVDs, that would just be plain stupid.
Vaio said:That is complete bull manure!
mage_x said:What's the point of being able to view pirated video on the protected monitor and not being able to on the unprotected? That doesn't make sense. I don't think it effects real DVDs, that would just be plain stupid.
willing to bet 800 dollars on it?DarkHawk said:I bet we start seeing Mod Chips for monitors, much like we have for consoles. No?