DVD Players So Good, They are Illegal
from the damn,-that's-good-quality dept
Here's a story for all you home theater enthusiasts out there. There's a British company that is selling DVD players that output a pure digital signal. Apparently, the quality is wonderful. The problem is that there are some legal problems with providing a digital output - as it's then possible to make perfect digital copies. Though, it's not really a problem if you read the article. There are a number of reasons why it would be very difficult for anyone to make a good digital copy using one of these machines, but that hasn't stopped the Hollywood lawyers from jumping all over this company.
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