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Nov 26, 08 - 09:08 am Comment from: HolyMackerel

Yes, but the HD content still has the HDCP restrictions, leading legitimate purchasers of iTunes HD content to piracy should they want to play it on any non-HDCP projector.

Moral of the story: if you have ANY old viewing equipment that you want to use, don't buy or rent HD content.

Nov 26, 08 - 09:11 am Comment from: Wandering joe

Or don't buy the new Macbooks. Tough call, but we're waiting this one out. (and the fw issue)

Most of the current presentation projectors on the market feature VGA, some have DVI, and a few have HDMI. It is ridiculous to think that if you buy a legitimate copy of either an HD or SD program from iTunes, that you are going to be unable to present your legally owned content. All of this copy protection garbage does nothing except present hurdles for the honest customer, not the thief.

I'm an Apple die hard that's been using, and loving, their products since before I can remember. They're really starting to get on my nerves though. I can't stand the arrogance.

They make the rules and the faithful consumers have to deal with the side effects. When you're making huge headway in the computer market, why the money pouch protecting policies that screw the consumer?

Progressive thinking, ditching old standards and discontinuing support so you can move forward is one thing (Losing OS 9 support... Making 10.6 Intel only...). Mindlessly screwing those that you know won't put up with Windows or Linux is another.

@me - you really think hat Apple is behind these rules? I think that you have to look a little higher to find the source of this. It is all BS. Look at al the DRM crap that is on every Blu Ray player. Apple is just following the rules.

Now fix the "alphabetic order" in the artist list on iPhone 2.2.
and give me a iMac with 4 cores and displayport.

The whole video industry learned nothing from the music industry's mess. That's ok. I don't believe piracy is excusable (two wrongs don't make a right), but I do believe if I buy it I should be able to watch it, to keep the rights I purchased.

To the extent that the industry makes this more difficult than it should be (instead of making legitimate purchase easier and more valuable), they are going to shoot themselves in the foot.

In the meantime, I'll keep my money and spend it on things that actually provide value without treating me like a criminal.

The Hollywood elites bought this election for Obama (so they think) and now it's payback time. Obama will vigorously enforce laws that ban theft of multimedia content produced by the elites.

Therefore, HDCP and other attempts at content protection aren't going away anytime soon.

True it doesn't stop the Chinese pirates and other hackers, but where there's money there is always a way.

@Whatever

I realize that Apple is not behind the making of the rules. They're just the ones building them into their computers. Funny how last gen MacBooks don't have the same limits.

And who bought the last two: the redneck hick elites?

Nov 26, 08 - 12:50 pm Comment from: Cubert

Everyone repeat after me:

"It is the movie studios forcing Apple, Mafia$ucks, and all the PC vendors to do this. It is just like DRM in music - it's not Apple's choice or decision."

Off-topic FYI:

Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) released new version 0.9.3 on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, the first update since February of this year.

The new version, while just a point click numerically higher, has some big new additional features such as universal input. Not only does it convert DVD video into other formats, it does extends that functionality to virtually any video source.

Visit the HB site for more details and download links.

What? Older Macs can play HD without HDCP? Is this story correct? The bug seemed to me that SD couldn't be played, when it should.

BUT YOU CAN ONLY RENT HD CONTENT THROUGH THE APPLE TV!

PS: Not sure about buying HD content in iTunes on a Mac/PC though.

Nov 26, 08 - 09:11 pm Comment from: MacintoshSoftwareList.com

I have heard that tv and monitors will not work with the MacBook at all using displayport to VGA.

Nov 27, 08 - 01:03 am Comment from: darkstar

I am not advocating piracy here; I believe that if someone creates content, there should be some monetary reward for it. However, if you, as the consumer purchase the content, I believe that your rights are for viewing of the CONTENT, NOT for staring at the physical disc.

Thus, if someone were to purchase Blu-Ray content, and had a Blu-Ray external drive to play it on with their Macintosh, they should be allowed to play that content through any projector that they own.

If that theoretical person had BootCamp installed, with (gag) Windows XP, and used the following software, they could create a version of that Blu-Ray Disc without the copy protection. Or even better, they could rip it to their iTunes with H.264 and thus not risk damaging the actual disc. Can anyone say, "Two year old with frisbee tendencies"?

AnyDVD HD can "suck" Blu-Ray Discs and then you can back up the content to your Apple TV, etc. Here is the link: http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html

I only advocate doing this for content that you have the rights to view (e.g. Blu-Ray discs that you OWN), but it does give consumers a better option.

are Apples displays HDCP capible? i got a samsung to use with my ps3 because i couldnt find evidence they are