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Anthony R.
Orlando, fl
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From: Thomas B Kemp
To: HDTV Magazine
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:18:55 AM
Subject: ICT stance
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No doubt most of you have already seen this but just in case you haven't:
"Universal Changes Stance on Downresing HD Content on Analog HDTVs
dMarch 28, 2006
bScott Selter
Universal Studios Home Video has released an official statement on their
stance on the Image Constraint Token (ICT) flag in the upcoming HD-DVD high
definition disk format. Universal originally expressed support for the ICT,
but now joins four of the six major studios speaking out against ICT.
ICT is a software flag that would downsample the output of the consumers
HD-DVD player to 540 lines of vertical resolution when outputting to an
analog monitor. Support for this type of flagging was originally conceived
by the major motion picture studios in order to prevent piracy of their
copyrighted materials. In an effort to prevent high definition copies of
their HD-DVD releases, ICT was developed to only allow an output of 540
lines to analog devices, such as recorders. However, consumers have made
their opposition known, arguing that early generation models of HDTVs will
only be able to read the downsampled signal.
Until the change from analog monitors to HD becomes more widely popular, it
seems that at least the first-generation of HD-DVDs are going to have the
ICT flagged turned off. The one exception however being Warner Home Video,
which appears to have sent their first HD-DVD releases into production with
the ICT flag turned on.
With reports of over 7,000,000 owners with HDTVs that cant make the
digital handshake that movie studios would like for content protection and
the fear of both a class action law suit or worse consumers not jumping
on board with the new formats has Hollywood home video executives changing
their tune about they way they may or may not flag their content. It is
looking more and more likely that in the early days of the HD disc formats
most, if not all of the studios, will be going without protection.
Source:
Businessweek.com
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stupidity.
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