Another Blu-ray Killer Feature
I have written before about companies selling Blu-ray technology and services losing their focus on providing benefits to consumers. That time was about hardware manufacturers having the capability to remotely disable your Blu-ray player. Now, there’s another problem - ripping Blu-ray discs to hard drives.
According to Engadget, Blu-ray will not allow content to be ripped to hard drives. That means you will not be able to create a library of high-definition (HD) movies on your Home Media Server. Bill Gates is reported there as saying this is anti-consumer. I have to say that I agree with him. This is another reason I have no desire to buy a Blu-ray player. It’s a real shame, I really want to like this format (it’s technically superior to the HD format Microsoft is pushing).
Simon Brocklehurst's Weblog on 22 Nov 2005 at 4:50 am
Blu-ray Moves In The Right Direction - Managed Copy Adopted
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