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What Content Will Be Crippled When Output in Vista?

There are tons of people out there not understanding all of this “Vista DRM”, mainly because of less than accurate media reporting. That’s completely understandable, but lets run down a quick list here of some of the popular content out there. DVD Rip (DivX, XivD, etc) downloaded from Bit Torrent/IRC...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, Jan 25 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, HD DVD, CableCARD
CableCARD Recordings On Zune? Why The Answer Is No

Vista: no CableCARD streaming to other PCs (Ars Technica) | Ars Technica has a summery of last weeks No Streaming CableCARD Content to Other Windows PC's , and questions the ability to transfer content to portable device… Quote: “ It's hard to believe that Microsoft wouldn't enable this at...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, Nov 30 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Portable Media, Rights Management, CableCARD
A Sitdown with Microsoft's Joe Belfiore (Part I)

A sitdown with Microsoft's Joe Belfiore (Part I) | Joe Belfiore chats with Stephen Speicher clarifying a few issues with CableCARD and HD DVD.

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, Mar 2 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, HD DVD, CableCARD
Media Center Available via Retail Channel! Who Cares?

Windows Media Center Available via Retail Channel | Charlie Owen points out that with the official Windows Vista Product Lineup that you will finally be able to buy Media Center in a retail market. Charlie says “Windows Media Center is coming to a store shelf near you” , but will it even matter? Jim...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Tue, Feb 28 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, CableCARD
Hardware Upgrades For HD DVD/Blu-ray/CableCARD?

CableCARD on Windows Vista Will Require "Certified" Hardware (eHomeUpgrade) | Alexander Grundner did a post on the CableCARD story (which might not be exactly right ) and in the process asked the question “Now what about Blu-ray and HD-DVD premium movie playback? Will consumers also be required...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Feb 1 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, HD DVD, CableCARD
CableCARD On Approved PCs Only, Thomas Hawk and Jim Allchin

My (Thomas Hawk) Dinner With Microsoft Exec Jim Allchin | Thomas Hawk got the chance to have dinner with Jim Allchin again a few days ago. I would encourage everyone to read Thomas’ write-up since I’m only going to cover part of it. Thomas: "Although as a platform Vista has been approved by CableLabs...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sun, Jan 29 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, CableCARD
What's Needed For CableCARD with Media Center?

Inside DRM In Windows Vista Set-Top Boxes (ExtremeDRM) | CableLabs, the technical arm of the cable television industry, and Microsoft recently announced that the CableCARD will soon be a part of future Media Center PCs. This is considered an important move for Microsoft and those hoping to position the...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Nov 30 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, CableCARD
The Trouble with Premium HDTV (CableCARD) and Microsoft

Ed Bott and Thomas Hawk have been going back and forth about CableCARD support (among other things) in Media Center again. This all started with Ed posting about some new products with two-way CableCARD support . Ed’s main argument is that “proprietary solutions” are able to get CableLabs to approve...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sat, Oct 1 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, CableCARD
Why HDTV Support in MCE Won’t Change Until Longhorn Arrives

A hot topic after the release of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 was when Microsoft would improve HDTV support (Technically it's still a hot topic). MCE 2005 brought us OTA HD, but that’s not enough for some people. We want full Cable/Satellite HDTV support inside of Media Center. We know...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, May 26 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, CableCARD

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