Comment Re:Noone likes DRM (Score 2, Informative) 1276
I own a Blu-Ray player, and I've never had any of these issues.
Granted, that may be because its a PS3. However, last I checked the PS3 was the most popular DVD player.
No titles yet have been encoded with ICP, which reduces image quality on non-HDCP TV's. I've never heard of a player not wanting to work with SPDIF. If it has the port, why wouldn't it be supported? No, you won't get 7.1 HD Master Audio with optical out, but that's a limitation of the hardware. Besides, if you have a stereo that does 7.1 Master Audio, it has HDMI. End of story.
I will admit that the shifting spec is stupid. However, at this point in the game, it's all early adopters, and the vast majority of them can handle tech talk.
Granted, that may be because its a PS3. However, last I checked the PS3 was the most popular DVD player.
No titles yet have been encoded with ICP, which reduces image quality on non-HDCP TV's. I've never heard of a player not wanting to work with SPDIF. If it has the port, why wouldn't it be supported? No, you won't get 7.1 HD Master Audio with optical out, but that's a limitation of the hardware. Besides, if you have a stereo that does 7.1 Master Audio, it has HDMI. End of story.
I will admit that the shifting spec is stupid. However, at this point in the game, it's all early adopters, and the vast majority of them can handle tech talk.