Friday, February 24, 2006

Boycott Blu-Ray and HD-DVD

So says Mike Evangelist (creator of various DVD authoring programs) and I am quite inclined to agree with him. Yes, the movie studios would like to make it as inconvenient as possible to watch their new HD disc formats (if you don't have a HDCP-compliant HDTV or computer monitor, a HDCP-compliant player, and a HDCP-compliant computer/video card, you are SOL), while still charging us yet again as we buy yet another version of Lord of the Rings and Matrix and Star Wars.

Let's put it this way: I'll boycott until AACS is cracked. I still have my DeCSS t-shirt that is illegal under the DMCA: hopefully DVD Jon is working on a DeAACS...


The HD boycott begins now

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