Sony tests digital copies on DVD releases, puts time-limited play |
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It seems that Sony is stepping up on its efforts against piracy, as well as push sales of its in-house movies. This is through embedding digital copies of its movies on DVD with a digital copy ready to be watched on your PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and even on your PS3.
This means that when you buy one of Sony's movies on DVD, that DVD will have a digital copy for you to take with you and watch on your other Sony gadgets, not just at your home player.
Where does the anti-piracy angle come in? It comes in the form of the digital copy having a shelf life. Buyers will have to register their purchased movie online first before being able to use the digital copy. Once registered, Sony will keep track of just how many days has passed since the registration. If the digital copy times out, then it's rendered unplayable.
That's all well and good, but how can one transfer content from the purchased DVD to the PlayStation 3 and/or PlayStation Portable? Simple - one only has to insert the DVD into their computer, let it bake for a little while, and then transfer the file onto a memory stick. From there, it's just a matter of sticking that memory stick either onto the PS3 or the PSP for on-the-go or console playback. Simple, easy and convenient.
And even though Sony is still in the experimental phase with the whole digital copy thing, they're pretty happy with the results. Resident Evil: Extinction, a recent Sony movie that also offered digital copies, generated 30,000 copy transfers. Not bad at all!
So, if you're thinking about buying DVDs, you might want to consider one of Sony's. After all, having the ability to watch it anywhere you go is a great plus.
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1. After the days passed and stop to play.. I can't connect and do it again to watch it again or what? or is just one time only?
2. I guess I can't add subtitles i that copy isn't? lol... it will be perfect for me if I can add subs. But since is a copy inside the dvd I guess not...
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Holy *****!! I can watch it on my PlayStation 3 AND my PS3?!?!?!
QJ typos aside, I still find this hilarious. Imagine, one day maybe every DVD will include a digital copy of its content. In a less-than-transparent format, even? It's like the future, except the progress is in reverse!
An slightly exaggerated analogy is saying your Audio CD's now come with 64kbps mp3's right on the disc, for your enjoyment! Don't forget to register this CD online, to unlock the digital copy!
The entire purpose of digital media as opposed to analog is that zeroes and ones are easier to transmit without loss of information. Also known as "copying."
If one does not want a piece of data transmitted, it is usually best to not put it into the hands of the general public. Maybe the data should only be transmitted in sealed chambers, with potential viewers screened and searched before being granted clearance into the approved viewing zone.
Oh, wait...
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"The entire purpose of digital media as opposed to analog is that zeroes and ones are easier to transmit without loss of information."
Not really, for BUS transfers and Card Readers, yes, because transferring for these devices have always been digital to digital. There will always be loss of information because of noise generated. If a digital media is played (transferred from medium to receiver), the receiver(especi ally the speakers) always transmit analogous signal. Demodulating bits does not always match the source.
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...you not encode the movie and/or use a program to remove the security(and such programs will come out, only a matter of time)...
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It's the way the market is going and saves people the time of having to encode a film to iPod. Sure it only takes my MacPro about 30 minutes to encode a film into a DVD quality iTunes file but anything that saves time is good for me.
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And not, only being able to copy it for 48 hours, that would jsut stink o_o
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And yes, there most deff is loss of info when converting stuff for portable use like that. Audio and DVD (and higher blu-ray) is on a disc because it's a massive amount of data that's there for quality and not built around being portable. So of course when you rip a DVD (which can hold a good 9gb of data) into a 700mb divx (or other codec) video file it's going to be missing A LOT of the data or more accuratly, have it's quality compressed heavily. Same with taking the 1400kb audio source and converting it into something like a 128kb MP3.
But in the end, when you've got items such as simple MP3 players /w normal headphones for your audio and a PSP that you want to watch a ripped DVD on, then those lower quality, compressed files are just fine to our ears and eyes. It's when you've got a wikked home theater and stereo where you'll appreciate the source for it's quality.
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