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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3322248" data-attributes="member: 7883">I'm not a hardcore programmer, so maybe I'm missing something....but why is it in Microsoft's interest (or any of ours) to have Vista automatically degrade the picture quality of HD content we're trying to play on a computer?  It seems to me if you had purchased an HD DVD player, and rented an HD DVD from Blockbuster, you're entitled to the full quality for which you're paying.  What right do they have to determine whether or not we can see it?  Is it because they're afraid of HD DVD security protection being bypassed by people copying the movies off disks onto their hard drives, and then trading them with others?Seems like you're still throwing out the baby with the bathwater.  The "honest" users are being penalized in order to protect against pirates..Banshee</blockquote>