 | Specs, Box Art In for 'Witless Protection' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/24/2008 4:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has unveiled specs and box art for 'Witless Protection,' which will hit Blu-ray this June with multiple next-gen exclusives. Lionsgate first announced the Larry the Cable Guy comedy for a June... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Low-capacitance ESD protection device eyes high data-rate apps (Electronic Engineering Times (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 5/17/2005 9:11pm) |
| Raychem Circuit Protection expanded its circuit protection portfolio with the introduction of its electrostatic discharge protection devices. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Widevine(R) Enters HD-DVD and Blu-ray Copy Protection Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/21/2006 1:00pm) |
| SEATTLE----Feb. 21, 2006--Widevine® Technologies, the most deployed provider of comprehensive downloadable content protection and digital forensics for video operators, today announced digital copy protection for high definition DVD-based content delivery formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray, HD DVD crack becomes a crevice (Ars Technica, 3/07/2007 3:55pm) |
| Another piece of the high-definition content protection puzzle has been found, as hackers have located device keys for a software player. Does this mean that next-gen copy protection is already dead? Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray gets a new layer of copy protection (AfterDawn, 7/14/2008 5:38am) |
| The German manufacturer X-PROTECT has announced a new layer of copy protection for use on Blu-ray Discs, meant to add extra security to the existing AACS.
X-PROTECT, known for its creation of anti-piracy-protection systems for DVDs and DVD-Rs, say the new X-PROTECT blue solution will work with both HDMV and BD-J Blu-ray Discs and will be updated regularly to stop new piracy attacks.
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| Hacker Puts Spotlight on HD DVD and Blu-ray AACS Copy Protection (High-Def Digest, 12/29/2006 2:21am) |
| With all the fanfare of a Hollywood major motion picture, a hacker named muslix64 has claimed to have decrypted the AACS protection used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs, setting off a sea of breathless reports... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Copy protection in digital TV: court says FCC went too far (Out-Law, 5/09/2005 2:21pm) |
| The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overstepped its authority when it imposed rules requiring future digital television tuners to include copyright protection mechanisms, a US Court of Appeals ruled on Friday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray gets new level of copy protection (HDTV UK, 7/16/2008 10:47am) |
| A German manufacturer has developed a system designed to boost the copy protection of Blu-ray discs. "X-PROTECT Blue" is supposed to work with both HDMV and BD-J discs and will be updated regularly in an attempt to thwart piracy attacks. It should also work "flawlessly" with AACS... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Tyler Perry's Witness Protection' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/27/2012 6:00pm) |
| Madea is back in yet another Tyler Perry film hitting Blu-ray this October. As previously reported, Lionsgate says 'Tyler Perry's Witness Protection' is coming to high-definition on October 23. As a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hackers Break HD DVD Copy Protection (Data Storage Today, 1/17/2007 8:08pm) |
| There's a new twist in the ongoing battle between the next-generation, high-definition DVD standards: Hackers have cracked the antipiracy software on several movies published in the HD DVD format. Perhaps ironically, hackers chose to break the copy-protection system in Universal's "Serenity," a 2005 science fiction film about a renegade crew of space outlaws. An informal, global alliance of ... (Read Full Article) |
| New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 12/29/2008 11:20pm) |
| The robust update Blu-ray's BD+ copy protection that was gonna take three months to crack was just busted by Slysoft, months ahead of schedule. Wanna guess what's gonna happen to the next BD+ update?... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Some HDTVs May Not Play HD Discs (PC World, 10/05/2005 12:07pm) |
| Format wars take a new turn when it comes to copy protection. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Most Monitors Won't Play New HD Video (PC World, 10/04/2005 11:05am) |
| Vista's content protection will block or blur high-def movies on today's displays. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-Gen DRM Cracks Widen (DVD-Recordable, 2/15/2007 6:41pm) |
| Relentless attempts by those determined to undermine the copy-protection technology used on HD DVD movies continue to yield successes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Content Protection in the HD Age (BusinessWeek, 3/16/2006 10:22pm) |
| Will your fancy new monitor support the content standards expected on the coming wave of high-definition DVD devices? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Macrovision Buys Broken Blu-ray DRM Tech for $45 Million [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 11/20/2007 10:20pm) |
| While both Blu-ray and HD-DVD use the long-cracked AACS copy protection scheme, Blu-ray has its unique flavor of DRM underneath that, BD+, which is based on the Self-Protecting Digital Content spec.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion (Digg.com, 2/16/2006 9:40am) |
| "When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this spring, a mad scramble may ensue--not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them in their full glory." ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs spark copy-protection confusion (ZDNet Australia, 2/16/2006 9:24pm) |
| When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this autumn, a mad scramble may ensue -- not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them in their full glory. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion (CNET, 2/16/2006 12:22pm) |
| Consumer confusion over what computers will need to play the new high-definition DVDs is already beginning. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion (ZDNet, 2/16/2006 12:15pm) |
| Consumer confusion over what computers will need to play the new high-definition DVDs is already beginning. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:35am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:39am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Doubts Over HD DVD (DVD-Recordable, 2/17/2006 11:00am) |
| There is confusion still over unresolved copy protection issues and questions about when the new high definition DVDs will work on HD DVD. If you have a brand new HDTV with HDMI inputs and buy a brand new HD-DVD player, it seems the discs will probably work. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV and HD-DVD encryption not intended for security (Digg.com, 4/22/2006 1:13pm) |
| The MPAA put copy protection right into the very cables that interconnect your HDTV to your new HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player. But the encryption's not to protect the content; it's intentionally weak, so that the industry can file yet more lawsuits. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Bros. to Delay HD-DVD Releases (Los Angeles Times, 3/18/2006 8:25am) |
| Warner Bros. delayed the release of new high-definition home videos by three weeks, the second time the products have been postponed, because of technical issues including copy protection. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD Camps Agree On AACS (Digg.com, 2/16/2006 6:23pm) |
| A critical hurdle to the launch of both the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats was cleared late Wednesday when negotiators reached agreement on an interim license for the AACS copy-protection system slated to be used by both high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| IC 'drives' signal conditioning at SMPTE data rates (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 4/27/2005 9:12pm) |
| National Semi is sampling an HDTV serial digital cable driver and adaptive cable equalizer that it claims deliver the industry's lowest power and highest ESD protection to the video production equipment market. (Read Full Article) |
| AnyDVD HD now copies Blu-ray discs, too (TG Daily, 3/06/2007 8:09pm) |
| Slysoft claims to have bypassed virtually any copy protection technology that is integrated in the high-definition disc formats HD DVD and Blu-ray. Following the previously announced HD DVD ripper, the software now also supports Blu-ray discs and allows you to play both formats on computers without HDCP chips. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AnyDVD HD Is Here, So Start the Blu-ray BD+ DRM Crackin' [Cracked] (Gizmodo, 3/19/2008 8:35pm) |
| Late last year, disc-copying software maker SlySoft claimed they cracked the BD+ DRM protection in Blu-ray discs. They weren't kidding. The newest version of AnyDVD HD strips Blu-ray discs of BD+,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mobile Projector PB2250 (CIOL, 6/04/2005 7:35am) |
| Features: The BenQ PB2250 projector comes with features like DLP projection system, password protection, eight preset modes and weighs 1.9 kg only. The projector has 3,000 hours of lamp life, a wide-angle lens and a RGB color reproduction. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hackers break HD-DVD copy protection (Infomatics, 1/17/2007 1:16pm) |
| The first pirated HD-DVD movies have surfaced on file-sharing websites, according to new reports. BitTorrent is an open source peer-to-peer file sharing system that allows users to share large files by transferring them in small pieces to and from multiple machines. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AOL Free E-Mail a Step Toward New Business Model (E-Commerce (E-Commerce Times, 5/11/2005 6:20pm) |
| America Online is stepping into the free Web mail game today with the second beta of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 5.9. The mail service will be linked to AIM and features a whopping 2 GB of storage. Also included are spam filters, antivirus protection and the ability to drag-and-drop messages into folders. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Dark Side of HDCP - Why is My PS3 Blinking? (Slashdot, 1/18/2007 7:48pm) |
| FloatsomNJetsom writes "High Definition Content Protection is supposed to make sure you're not playing pirated content, but sometimes your devices screw up the HDCP 'handshake' (over an HDMI cable) and nothing works. This happens with some regularity with the PS3, and Popular Mechanics investigated and found a quick and dirty workaround. From the article: 'We then checked with Leslie Chard, . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony delays PlayStation (Pioneer Press, 3/16/2006 9:04am) |
| Sony Corp. will delay the launch of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 console until November, prolonging the agony not only for itself but also for many others in the video game industry. Ken Kutaragi, the head of Sony's video games division, said Sony is still trying to finalize the copyright-protection technology and other standards for the Blu-ray DVD disc, the high-definition video format ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's game not over, but it's paused (Louisville Courier-Journal, 3/16/2006 11:05am) |
| Sony will delay the launch of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 console until November, prolonging the agony not only for itself but also for many others in the video-game industry. Ken Kutaragi, head of Sony's video-games division, said yesterday in Tokyo that Sony is trying to finalize the copyright-protection technology and other standards for the Blu-ray DVD disc, the high-definition video ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's HD-DVD players will do high-def only via HDMI (Engadget, 7/12/2005 1:32pm) |
| Toshiba unleashed their new HD-DVD specification during a recent Toshiba road show (and who wouldn’t tremble at the honor to be a roadie for that hoppin’ gig, we ask ya), and the takeaway message for us consumers is that the new HD-DVD players are only gonna output HDTV via the HDMI output, while the analog output will be downrezed to 480 lines. What’s the big idea? Copy protection. Because ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hackers find key to DVD piracy (Los Angeles Times, 1/26/2007 8:02am) |
| Some films in the new high-definition formats are being copied after software code is cracked. The much-vaunted anti-piracy protection on the next generation of DVDs has been cracked, leaving films in the new high-definition formats vulnerable to copying. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDMI Reaches Critical Mass With More Than 200 Adopters (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/20/2005 12:45am) |
| HDMI Licensing LLC, the agent responsible for licensing the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) Specification, today announced at the Shanghai Information Household Appliances Trade Association's 2005 HDMI and Copy Protection Technology Seminar that more than 200 companies worldwide have become HDMI Adopters, in addition to the seven HDMI Founders. (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung releases 22in widescreen monitor (vnunet.com, 11/10/2006 6:00pm) |
| Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve , Friday 10 November 2006 at 00:00:00 Screen also supports high-definition copy protection Samsung has announced its latest monitor – a 22in widescreen model that's designed for businesses and consumers alike. The SM225BW is an LCD screen that has a native resolution of 1680x1050... > Read the full article ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pacific Mechanical Supply Saves $15,000 Annually with PHD Virtual Backup to Ensure Quick Restores and Reliable Backup of Critical Systems (Business Wire, 3/23/2013 11:00am) |
| PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Mechanical Supply (PacMech) has selected PHD Virtual Backup with CloudHook for its daily virtual backup and protection saving $15,000 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| IPTV Vendors Strengthen Partnership, Provide Pre-Integrated Ready-To-Deploy IPTV Solution (DigitalBroadcastingcom, 3/29/2006 3:57pm) |
| The pre-integrated IPTV solution includes: Tilgin Mood 300 IP Set-top Boxes, Latens FCAS Content & Revenue Protection and Minerva Network's iTVManager middleware. The ecosystem benefits from a migration path to advanced IPTV services, such as network PVR, High Definition IPTV and support for MPEG-4 / H.264... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PHD Virtual Launches New Unified Solution with Recovery Management Suite (Business Wire, 8/03/2013 12:00pm) |
| PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today...PHD Virtual Recovery Management Suite (RMS), the first and only unified data protection and recovery assurance solution to dramatically reduce the cost of data, application, & site [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Announces CableCARD Support (Slashdot, 11/16/2005 11:06pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes "Microsoft and CableLabs announced today that they have reached agreement that will allow digital cable ready CableCARD supported Media Center PCs to ship by the Holiday Season next year. Lack of premium HDTV cable or satellite support was frequently cited as one of the largest weaknesses of the Media Center platform. Central to this agreement is the DRM protection scheme ... (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax-Brillian, maker of Olevia HDTVs, files for bankruptcy (AfterDawn, 7/09/2008 6:41am) |
| The United States-based TV maker Syntax-Brillian, maker of the once-popular Olevia HDTV brand, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a year "of weak sales", lawsuits, accounting issues and liquidity problems.
The company is now negotiating with creditors and lenders to secure capital, but has stopped its operations in Arizona. A few of the notable creditors of the company are S ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDMI Receiver IC is suited for use in design of HDTVs. (ThomasNet, 3/09/2005 2:51pm) |
| High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) TDA9775A IC allows TV manufacturers to combine uncompressed HD video and multi-channel audio through one digital interface and connector. Implemented in reference design, TDA9975A features triple 10-bit ADC input interface, dual-input HDMI receiver, and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection decryption keys on one chip. When connected to 17 in., (Read Full Article) |
| National Semiconductor Adds Cable Driver and Equalizer to Its Growing HDTV Signal Path Portfolio (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 12:00pm) |
| National Semiconductor Corporation announced today a high-performance HDTV serial digital cable driver and adaptive cable equalizer that feature the lowest power consumption and highest ESD protection, while providing the analog output and input necessary for error-free serial digital video transmissions. (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Television - HDTV Magazine Releases The State of HDTV Technology, 2006 Review, and CES Report (Tel TV, 6/16/2006 11:13pm) |
| HDTV Magazine Releases The State of HDTV Technology, 2006 Review, and CES Report … protection, H/DTV... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC wants to lock-down Freeview HD content (AfterDawn, 9/18/2009 7:01am) |
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has appealed to regulator Ofcom to be allowed to use encryption on Freeview HD data to prevent piracy. Of course, the request was immediately criticized as under licensing rules, the BBC is not allowed to encrypt video or audio streams. However, the BBC is requesting it be allowed to encrypt the data associated with TV listings, which in effect will stop set-top boxes from decoding TV content.
"We are committed to ensuring that public service content remains free to air i.e. unencrypted," the broadcaster said in a statement. "However, HD content holders have begun to expect a degree of content management on the Freeview HD platform and therefore broadcasters have recognised that a form of copy protection is needed."
A vocal critic of the plan is Labour MP Tom Watson, who says the plan results in limiting consumer choices. "In an attempt to satisfy the fears of powerful rights holders, the BBC will prohibit millions of people from programming their existing set top boxes," he in a blog entry. "If implemented this will make it difficult to view or record HDTV broadcasts with free software. Where's the consumer interest in that settlement?"
Under the new system, only trusted manufacturers would be offered the decryption keys for the HD data. Many set-top-boxes use open source software such as Linux to bring down costs, and critics say that the BBC's request will hit these boxes, because DRM is incompatible with open source software. As a result, it would be more difficult for producers of the boxes to get the necessary permissions from the BBC.Permalink | Comments
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