Posts by Paul 3 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Jun 2007
R.I.P : Vista - the pretty but useless child of the Microsoft inbreeding program.
Step 1: format hd
Step 2: reinstall xp sp2 (or linux distro of your choice)
Step 3: enjoy a system that works
Step 4: pop vista dvd into microwave for 90 - 120 secs (@ 500w) and also enjoy a new fractal patterned ashtray (remember to tape up the hole)
The only reason people tend to illegally download movie's and dvd images is because new dvd's cost (in uk) around £10 - £20, and come with nice boxes, multiple wasted disc's with useless features people never watch ...
Why not make the whole process cheaper after all once the movie studios recoup their expenses from the cinema ticket sales(usually done on opening weekend) its just fat cat profiteering ... i object to lining the pockets of some billionaire company owner and share holders for a product that is worth pennies, mass produced, that i am only watching the main feature ... and once i have paid my money for said product i want to be able to do what i want with it! And as long as i still own the original disc what is the harm in allowing me to use my iPod/PsP to watch while at work/bus/train wherever ... after all i cant carry around a 42" widescreen and dvd player everywhere.
Here's another idea ... remove all protection in the first place, sell the dvd's for £3 - £5, no extra rubbish just a box, a disc and a cover .... would we need to then buy them for £3 - £5 at a carboot sale? think not, there would be no need for it.
Orwell is living large 1982 was a typo, he wasn't far wrong.
"It seems to me that every body is forgetting that they aren’t trying to stop end-users ripping the DVD’s"
Umm yes they are, did you read the article properally??
"Shall not be designed to descramble scrambled CSS data when the DVD disc containing such CSS data and associated CSS keys is not physically present in the DVD player or DVD drive"
This means you would not be able to rip the dvd to you hdd/portable device and play from the hdd/portable device without there being a dvd drive in said device.
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