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> On Sat, 10 May 2008 12:27:47 -0700 Bill's News
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> I believe the inability for FF during warning plays is part of
> DRM.
>
> If you are asking of the encryption would cause artifactions
> or other
> distortions to the picture quality, I would say no.
>
I wouldn't argue that user control blocks (or whatever they're
called) are, or are not, part of DRM, Disney, and/or Blu-Ray.
However, they are also part of DVDs. Also, I don't believe,
correct me if I'm wrong, that Disney is presently any worse or
better than any other studio in employing user control blocks.
I can't really think of anything different - restrictionwise -
to distinguish Blu-Ray discs from DVD discs, except that the
encryption is supposedly tighter, despite its having been broken
in just a few days after the emergence of recorded media.
That Bogart/Bergman rip-off of anti-piracy commercial takes the
cake for user abuse - and that was on a DVD rental.
It seems that you haven't come up with anything new to complain
about! The DVD market did not wane due to attempted DRM and
unskippable warnings, neither will the Blu-Ray market. If it
doesn't affect playback, why would anyone care?
I'd probably agree with Iger's attributed statement that market
penetration is shallow for Blu-Ray players (probably not
considering PS3s), and with the OP's declaration that prices of
players and media are a cause. However, these are still the
early days of Blu media and there is no doubt that changes will
happen (thus spake Solomon).
Side note:
It seems to me that, in the recent month or two - others chime
in if I'm wrong here - some Blu-Ray discs I've played get to the
main menu much more quickly, immediately following the logo.
And some skip the menu entirely, leaving it up to me to invoke
it from the remote. I can not FF through the $250,000 and/or 5
year warning preceding the movie, but that's it - then the
movie. Oh, there are still those BD discs that also provide
additional inane legalese in a variety of languages and others
which still play commercials before the menu, but I may be
favoring the few studios which get down to the business of
playing the movie most quickly - without even paying attention
to which studio(s) that may be. I think one of these nicer
discs was from Universal?
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