VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

re: VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

Paul — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:10:02 GMT

You use anyDVD HD to copy the disc, then they use Arcsoft TMT to playback the ripped movies. Their "Extenders" are another media center (not the Xbox360 type). You don't need a Vidabox to do this, anyone can do it. They just made an annoucement stating the obvious...

re: VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

chrisl — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:46:27 GMT

"Unencrypted" is key, but streaming "encrypted" content "could" be done using programs already on the market (this is PC-to-PC, not PC-to-Extender).

re: VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

Chris — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:15:26 GMT

The key word is "unecrypted" - which means this is for the 5 people in the US who actually take the time and have the hardware to shoot, capture, edit, and author Blu-ray home movies from their HDV camera.

In other words, this is a press release about nothing...

re: VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

Jesse Gallup — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:10:26 GMT

Did you notice the line following the first line claiming HD DVD and Blu-Ray streaming? "Unencrypted titles can be copied onto a VidaBox server, and then streamed to VidaBox extenders." So no, your standard BD and HD titles cannot be backed up or streamed unless they are unecrypted.

re: VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

Ryan Beesley — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:08:57 GMT

So are they actually streaming BRD? I thought that was something restricted because of an "insecure" path. From what I remember a year ago, it might be possible to stream HD-DVD, but BRD was right out. Another reason why you wouldn't see a BRD add-on for the 360.