Hackers Break HD DVD Copy Protection
In what will come as little to surprise to you guys, hackers have officially cracked the HD-DVD copy protection scheme, and are distributing films across Peer-to-Peer networks.
The hackers are distributing copies of the films using BitTorrent, a once-controversial file-sharing tool that is working to clean up its reputation by forging partnerships with TV and movie companies.
It also appears they are having success with the Blu-Ray format as well.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070117/bs_nf/49385
já é oficial e pelos vistos Blu-Ray vai pelo mesmo caminho :
Hackers Break HD DVD Copy Protection
cumprimentosIn what will come as little to surprise to you guys, hackers have officially cracked the HD-DVD copy protection scheme, and are distributing films across Peer-to-Peer networks.
The hackers are distributing copies of the films using BitTorrent, a once-controversial file-sharing tool that is working to clean up its reputation by forging partnerships with TV and movie companies.
It also appears they are having success with the Blu-Ray format as well.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070117/bs_nf/49385
Não consigo encontrar aquela frase no artigo que mensionaste... Estarei cego???
BestBuy.com Shows LG's Hybrid Blu-ray/HD DVD Player In Stock
http://www.dailytech.com/BestBuycom+Shows+LGs+Hybrid+BlurayHD+DVD+Player+In+Stock/article5798.htm
Primeira drive hibrida ja á venda.
E passou a noticia na Anandtech que um tracker de torrents ja tinha 1 filme HD-DVD cracado. O Blu-ray dentro de dias vai no mesmo caminho.
Blu-ray protection broken
Blu-ray DRM defeated
The copy protection technology used by Blu-ray discs has been cracked by the same hacker who broke the DRM technology of rival HD DVD discs last month. The coder known as muslix64 used much the same plain text attack in both cases. By reading a key held in memory by a player playing a HD DVD disc he was able to decrypt the movie been played and render it as an MPEG 2 file.
The latest Blu-ray hack was performed by muslix64 using a media file provided by Janvitos, through the video resource site Doom9, and applied to a Blu-ray copy of the movie Lord of War. In this case, muslix64 didn't even need access to a Blu-ray player to nobble the DRM protection included on the title.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/23/blu-ray_drm_cracked/
However, as muslix64 mentions that he did not need to get around BD+ for this, it appears that the title was not protected with Blu-ray's additional BD+ protection. So while Blu-ray titles lacking the extra BD+ protection appear like they can be ripped using the muslix64's attack, it is a fairly sign that BD+ protection will start being used in future Blu-ray titles to try and counter this attack. But for now, it is clearly bad news for AACS, since this protection itself seems to have been beaten on both formats now.
sim... agora estão só a brincar, a protecção que ainda não usaram é que vai ser mesmo inquebrável e dar uma enorme vantagem ao BR
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20070124PR205.htmlWhen LG Electronics launched its Super Multi Blue Player at the recent CES exhibition, it signaled an exit strategy from the "war of the high-definition DVD formats," according to research firm ABI Research. By creating a player that will accommodate both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, the Korean manufacturer may have created a precedent that the rest of the industry will have to follow. ABI Research forecasts that such universal players will become the norm, not the exception, benefiting confused consumers unwilling to commit to one DVD camp or the other.
"We believe that universal players will come to dominate the high-definition DVD player market," says Steve Wilson, ABI Research's principal analyst of consumer electronics. Samsung is expected to release its own universal player soon, and others, including large CE vendors, may follow suit before long. ABI Research forecasts sales of 2.4 million players in 2007, rising to 55 million in 2011.
Many observers expect that the demands of supporting both formats would significantly increase the price of universal players. While there is some additional cost in the optical pickup and the LG player's initial price is quite steep at US$1,200, Wilson expects these prices to drop dramatically as new manufacturers come to market with universal players. "That US$1,200 price would seem to be more about matching Blu-ray player prices than about reflecting the cost of producing a universal player. There's no reason universal players should cost significantly more than HD or Blu-ray players."
However, he cautions, market growth will remain slow until prices fall. "The universal player market is still in its nascent stages, and developers are trying to maximize their revenues. The bill-of-material (BOM) price will start to fall once fully integrated chipsets reach the market. There will be downward pressure on prices for players of all types: ABI Research believes that prices will have to drop below US$200 before true mass adoption takes off. That should happen by 2009."