openbox9
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Re: This is why
This isn't really about the DRM, it's about the quality of the video. It is possible to have high-quality, HD content, while using DRM. Unfortunately, it seems that the online purveyors of content, don't want high quality HD content available on the Internet because it's a paradoxical change that their marketing/manufacturing machines aren't ready for. |
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tiger72
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| said by openbox9  :This isn't really about the DRM, it's about the quality of the video. It is possible to have high-quality, HD content, while using DRM. Unfortunately, it seems that the online purveyors of content, don't want high quality HD content available on the Internet because it's a paradoxical change that their marketing/manufacturing machines aren't ready for. I think DRM and poor quality go hand in hand in most circumstances. It's obvious that the content producers and distributors don't value quality, as almost all DRM content sacrifices quality for no apparent reason. The only high quality DRM content (which people pay for!) is on porn sites. For everything else, DRM is analogous with poor quality crap.
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Maxo
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said by openbox9 :This isn't really about the DRM, it's about the quality of the video. That's the first thing I thought. This has nothing to do with DRM. |
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brandon
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said by tiger72 : The only high quality DRM content (which people pay for!) is on porn sites.
Thanks for admitting that this has nothing to do with DRM. |
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openbox9
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said by tiger72 :I think DRM and poor quality go hand in hand in most circumstances. But there's no technical relationship between DRM and audio/video quality of the content.said by tiger72 :The only high quality DRM content (which people pay for!) is on porn sites. And DVD, and HD-DVD, and Blue-Ray, and etc..... Once again, high quality and DRM are not dependent upon each other. Rather, I hypothesize that the lower quality digital content is an attempt for the content producers to squash the new distribution mechanism in favor of their traditional, tangible goods, model. |
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tiger72
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| said by openbox9 :said by tiger72 :I think DRM and poor quality go hand in hand in most circumstances. But there's no technical relationship between DRM and audio/video quality of the content. I never said it was a technical relationship. It's just a working relationship.
DRM (over the internet) -> shitty quality.
Of course, old, physical media with DRM is the preferred method of delivery by the antiquated movie and television industry. DVDs have DRM, as do all future media proposed and preferred by the studies. That doesn't change the fact that when it comes to the internet, DRM is pretty synonymous with crappy quality. I don't see the studios changing their mind on using DRM, just like I don't see them changing their mind on using 400x300 video (or whatever other low-res, low-bitrate video they choose to use).
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