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Old 2006-12-29, 05:55 PM   #1
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HD-DVD cracked in 8 days
What...did they think this was going to be uncrackable?????

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/T...78152-581.html
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Old 2006-12-29, 06:02 PM   #2
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It was bound to happen, but 8 days that is amazing

cool dude!!!
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Old 2006-12-29, 07:03 PM   #3
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It was inevitable, but even I was surprised that it was cracked so soon.

I'll enjoy this very much, not so much because it allows stuff to be copied, but because it will encourage the development of "underground" HD-DVD (and/or Blu-ray) playing software that won't do nasty things such as deliberately downgrading the picture quality simply because I don't want to buy a monitor that is exactly like my current one except for the HDCP stamp.

For many years it has been a lot more enjoyable to watch DVDs on my Linux box with the help of libdvdcss programs (such as xine, mplayer or VLC). Let's face it, if you had the choice between a software DVD player that acts like a standalone DVD player, or a software DVD player that also allows...
  • Playback of DVDs from any region, without having to muck about with region-free firmware.
  • Fast-forwarding and skipping at all times, even through FBI warnings and trailers.
  • Direct access to any title/chapter, bypassing compulsory menus completely.
  • Snapshotting and recording/ripping selected sections all the time.
  • TV output with all video cards, without having quality degraded with VBI corruption.
...then which would you choose?
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Old 2006-12-29, 07:10 PM   #4
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Old 2006-12-29, 07:10 PM   #5
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It was bound to happen, but 8 days that is amazing

cool dude!!!
It took me like...2 seconds max...I just stepped on it and it cracked right in half...Is it really that surprising? 8 days is a long time...The guy trying to crack it must have been totally retarded.
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Old 2006-12-29, 08:34 PM   #6
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What...did they think this was going to be uncrackable?????

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/T...78152-581.html
So when are you releasing your videos on HD-DVD?
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Old 2006-12-29, 09:57 PM   #7
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I don't understand what they mean by "cracking it".

What exactly did he do?
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Old 2006-12-29, 11:54 PM   #8
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So when are you releasing your videos on HD-DVD?

I'm actually thinking about not bothering to
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Old 2006-12-30, 12:28 AM   #9
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I don't understand what they mean by "cracking it".

What exactly did he do?
not sure if you're serious or not...

anyway...the copy protection on HD-DVDs wouldn't let you copy the data on the disc to your computer, or play it at full quality on certain components.

so, he found a way to rip the data off the disc. he "cracked" the DRM (digital rights management) scheme.
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Old 2006-12-30, 02:43 AM   #10
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Old 2006-12-30, 02:45 AM   #11
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not sure if you're serious or not...

anyway...the copy protection on HD-DVDs wouldn't let you copy the data on the disc to your computer, or play it at full quality on certain components.

so, he found a way to rip the data off the disc. he "cracked" the DRM (digital rights management) scheme.
No, I was actually serious. This is what I thought it was, but I didn't know if it was something fancier. Thanks.
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Old 2006-12-30, 02:56 AM   #12
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Funny...I posted that before opening up my new 22" monitor

I completely take that back.

(futureshop boxing week sale knocks $100 of the $499 price tag...$cdn). Not HD (1920x1080), but 1600x1050 at fullscreen res is absolutely beautiful.

DVD clips (720x480) are sooooooo tiny on the screen!!

I had been filming in HD the whole time, but the only time I actually saw it in HD was at your parents' place. Seeing some on the comp and the big monitor put a smile on my face that hasn't yet come off....

(the price jump in monitors having 1600x1050 to monitors having 1920x1080+) just couldn't be justified...)
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I had been filming in HD the whole time, but the only time I actually saw it in HD was at your parents' place.
And I know that wasn't 1080p... I think it's 1366 x 768. If we actually got it to work on my computer monitor, it would've been 1080p.
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Old 2006-12-30, 03:10 AM   #15
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And I know that wasn't 1080p... I think it's 1366 x 768. If we actually got it to work on my computer monitor, it would've been 1080p.
it's only filmed in 1080i...a monitor can't 'fix' that can it??
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