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Kaak
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Well, I've always prefered using MS OSes, but if they include this, i'll switch....
From slashdot:quote:
Engadget has an interesting article regarding a new feature in Longhorn entitled PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path - Output Protection Management) which detects the capabilities of the display devices you are using and manages how (and if at all) content is sent to it. In short, this means that if Longhorn detects that your monitor is not "secure" enough, then your premium video content won't play on it until you buy one that is. Who gets to decide? The content providers of course." From the article: "So what will happen when you try to play premium content on your incompatible monitor? If you're "lucky", the content will go through a resolution constrictor. The purpose of this constrictor is to down-sample high-resolution content to below a certain number of pixels. The newly down-sampled content is then blown back up to match the resolution of your monitor. This is much like when you shrink a JPEG and then zoom into it. Much of the clarity is lost. The result is a picture far fuzzier than it need be. |
Full article:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000143050582/
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Kaak
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Unless content providers decide your monitor has something to prevent you from playing illegal content, ALL films, etc. will be fuzzed. The point is to make you buy a monitor with some kind of DRM.
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mrmitchell
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The amount of time it will take someone to hack a workaround is inversely proportional to how retarded a new bright idea by Hollywood and the RIAA is.
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