Heh.......
I'm just glad I boycotted Blu-Ray from the beginning.
I don't think Cinavia will ever get a real hold on SD-DVD's.
-W
Boycotting cuts off your nose to spite your face. I wanted HD-DVD to win but regardless of the bad things about Blu-Ray it
is a step forward in video and audio quality. If we have HDTVs then we better have content that makes them worth having. I understand people not liking the restrictions and heavy-handed tactics by the
BDA and such but the simple fact is that a movie on Blu-Ray blows away a movie released on DVD and streaming HD content from
VUDU,
Amazon VOD,
Netflix, and the like simply do not compare quality-wise with a well mastered Blu-Ray release. We also haven't even begun to see the war in the
United States that is going to occur over streaming. The ISPs will demand compensation and drive up prices to the consumers and the streaming providers. Screw streaming. Yes, it can be useful but give me the content on physical media that I can play back on my device at full quality without bandwidth limitations or insane fees from my ISP and do so at any time I please without having to worry about the time of day, etc. I want to pay for something and physically own it.
Btw, with respect to
Cinavia on SD DVDs, I can see the industry pushing for those licensing
CSS to include
Cinavia detection on DVDs. Add it to the spec for players. Over time pure DVD players is going to dying off anyway and
all Blu-Ray players will have to support
Cinavia. If
Cinavia proves successful then studios may sign on for their DVD releases more readily. Also, until the majority of devices actually support/enforce
Cinavia it really won't be cost effective for a studio to license it on their relelases.