Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Vista and DRM
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Pyrex" data-source="post: 3739925" data-attributes="member: 11600"><p>The big DRM issue with Vista right now (well, the only signifiant one that didn't exist in XP anyway...) is the concept of the Protected Video Path (which is what is required for Digital Cable Tuners).</p><p></p><p>There's additional code in the OS (and in the bios of Vista-ready PC's) that allow content providers to lock-down what resolutions and what types of outputs that particular piece of content can be displayed across.</p><p></p><p>Example: If you buy a Vista PC with a HD-DVD drive, the only way to get 1080i/p output (IIRC) is across the DRM-protected HDMI output; the system simply <em>won't output</em> a 1080 HD-DVD signal over any other output due to overblown fears of piracy.</p><p></p><p>This also means that the only way to watch HD-DVD's (or Blu-Ray discs for that matter) in Hi Def on a Vista machine is to:</p><p> Buy an approved Vista PC with the approved Bios & Motherboard</p><p> Install an approved Video Card with the correct DRM goo on board</p><p> Install an approved HD(or BD) drive</p><p> Run approved playback software (amusingly enough *not* Windows Media Player)</p><p> Connect your system to an HDMI-compliant display device.</p><p></p><p>Any failure in *any* of those components (all provided by different companies) and you're borked. Pop in your shiny HiDef disk and get an error message that your a dirty, dirty pirate and have been a bad, bad, boy and you aren't allowed to watch your movie.</p><p></p><p>While this does present it's own problems, on XP you can't watch HD(|| BD) movies in HD <em>at all</em>; so *shrug*.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pyrex, post: 3739925, member: 11600"] The big DRM issue with Vista right now (well, the only signifiant one that didn't exist in XP anyway...) is the concept of the Protected Video Path (which is what is required for Digital Cable Tuners). There's additional code in the OS (and in the bios of Vista-ready PC's) that allow content providers to lock-down what resolutions and what types of outputs that particular piece of content can be displayed across. Example: If you buy a Vista PC with a HD-DVD drive, the only way to get 1080i/p output (IIRC) is across the DRM-protected HDMI output; the system simply [i]won't output[/i] a 1080 HD-DVD signal over any other output due to overblown fears of piracy. This also means that the only way to watch HD-DVD's (or Blu-Ray discs for that matter) in Hi Def on a Vista machine is to: Buy an approved Vista PC with the approved Bios & Motherboard Install an approved Video Card with the correct DRM goo on board Install an approved HD(or BD) drive Run approved playback software (amusingly enough *not* Windows Media Player) Connect your system to an HDMI-compliant display device. Any failure in *any* of those components (all provided by different companies) and you're borked. Pop in your shiny HiDef disk and get an error message that your a dirty, dirty pirate and have been a bad, bad, boy and you aren't allowed to watch your movie. While this does present it's own problems, on XP you can't watch HD(|| BD) movies in HD [i]at all[/i]; so *shrug*. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Vista and DRM
Top
