On 24 May 2008, at 10:03, Florian Philipp wrote:
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I would avoid bluray until it gets easier to play.
Hmm, on which features depends the encryption? Would a Windows Media
Player in Wine be able to play it or do I need an operating system
supporting it, maybe in a virtual machine? Has anyone tried?
Neither of these methods would work at all.
Read up on the Protected Video Path (PVP) at:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?
command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9005047
Basically you won't be able to use a "legitimate" player under Linux.
You either rip it, use a DeCSS equivalent, or not at all.
Why would you buy an HD-DVD reader?
That format is dead and there won't be any new titles.
It's meant for my dad. He's a big Star Trek fan and afaik the new
remastered Star Trek Original Series is HD-DVD-only.
It'll probably be available on BluRay soon enough, although HD-DVD
might be a cheap way to buy it. But don't plan on being able to use
those disks on set-top hi-def players in 5 years time.
The price
difference isn't that big, either.
For the drive, no. It's probably worth paying for that extra feature.
Stroller.
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