Re: Will Vista be a Media and Entertainment nightmare?

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Posted By: Richard Cabrera



Vista will not kill the Media PC if you're in indie developer unless you en=
able some form of Digital Rights Management in your work. Depending on the =
level of the DRM enabled, Vista may require newer signed hardware to play i=
t. Older monitors may not be certified and may not play DRM content. =
Nightmare? Well if your hardware and drivers are up to snuff, understand th=
at DRM enabled HDDVD or Blue Ray media will play at lower resolution. I'm =
not an MS basher, but this is probably one of the most backward implementat=
ions of protection by reducing quality? If a client requires some fo=
rm of protection scheme, it could be problematic. Vista's DRM does a thorou=
gh check of drivers and available hardware before DRM content can run. Bein=
g that there are so few Vista released drivers, early adopters may encounte=
r glitches. -Rich ----- Original Message ----From: Wil=
lie Hill Sent: Wednes=
day, January 31, 2007 12:09:05 AMSubject: [media_and_entertainment] Will=
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l the media PC, because of the DMR.thankswillie =


Vista will not kill the Media PC if you're in indie devel=
oper unless you enable some form of Digital Rights Management in your work.=
Depending on=
the level of the DRM enabled, Vista may require newer signed hardware to p=
lay it. Older monitors may not be certified and may not play DRM content. Nightmare? Well if your hardware and drivers are up to snuff, unders=
tand that DRM enabled HDDVD or Blue Ray media will play at lower resolutio=
n. I'm not an MS basher, but this is probably one of the most backward impl=
ementations of protection by reducing quality? If a client require=
s some form of protection scheme, it could be problematic. Vista's DRM does=
a thorough check of
drivers and available hardware before DRM content can run. Being that ther=
e are so few Vista released drivers, early adopters may encounter glitches.=
-Rich ----- Original Message ----From: Willie Hill <>To: Streamin=
gMedia.com Media & Entertainment <o=
today.com>Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:09:05 AMSubject: =
[media_and_entertainment] Will Vista be a Media and Entertainment nightmare=
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PADDING-TOP:0px;}OL {PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px;}LI {PA=
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s anyone here, with a media PC, installed Vista??my question is will Vista kill the media PC, =
because of the DMR.=
thankswillie -=
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