Microsoft to mass-produce single-play DVDs
Posted Monday, October 3rd, 2005 8:33 am by Rain Contreras
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UPDATED: Well, this appears to be a hoax. Thanks commenter wasted_brain for the update. Slashdot also reported on it here.
Cinematical reports on a Microsoft gesture that might as well leave all video rental stores in the dust.
Keywords: mass production of single-play DVDs.
The catch: even at a reasonable $5 a pop, these new discs require new players. No matter; video geeks would surely know how to rip the said discs to anyone’s hard drive eventually. Give them a 24 hour period upon initial release.
A possible solution to local piracy? I think not. As long as the legal local releases consist mainly of bad B-movies (yes Virginia, there is such a thing as a ‘good‘ B-movie) and forgettable Hollywood fluff, there’ll always be a paying audience for the Quiapo goods.
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4 Responses to “Microsoft to mass-produce single-play DVDs”
Even withuot this video rental stores are already in pain. If they launch yet another standard it’s gonna complicate everything, but just give pirates something new to pick on. Somehow I don’t think this will fly.
would it be a waste that microsoft plans to produce single playing DVDs? ithink this will add to OMB dilemna-hunt for anti piracy…
Sadly, it’s a hoax, check out…
http://www.edbott.com/mediacenter/archives/single-play-dvds-its-a-hoax/
yep., it’s a hoax! microsoft won’t allow any misconceptions about this…
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