Will Windows Vista 32 bit have Blu-Ray/HDDVD support?

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I was wondering if the 32 bit version of Vista will have this support.
If Microsoft does not provide this support then will it be supported via
third party. Thanks in advance for your comments.
 
Dan said:
I was wondering if the 32 bit version of Vista will have this support. If
Microsoft does not provide this support then will it be supported via third
party. Thanks in advance for your comments.
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In a word, yes it will be supported... But...

The key issue is the copy-protection systems on the discs themselves. They
can check the system to see if it has signed drivers. As 64-bit requires
having signed drivers that platform may only be able to play the most secure
films. This prevents a driver from intercepting the data and by-passing the
copy protection.

Ultimately it depends how hardcore the movie studios on enforcing their
"digital rights", from what I've read on other parts of the protection
they're not planning on rolling some aspects of it out, like HDCP until
2010.

Overall Blu-ray is harder on copy-protection and looks to be the most
restrictive as this point, with Microsoft and Intel backing HD DVD that
format looks to be the most PC-friendly going forward.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Paul said:
In a word, yes it will be supported... But...

The key issue is the copy-protection systems on the discs themselves.
They can check the system to see if it has signed drivers. As 64-bit
requires having signed drivers that platform may only be able to play
the most secure films. This prevents a driver from intercepting the
data and by-passing the copy protection.

Ultimately it depends how hardcore the movie studios on enforcing their
"digital rights", from what I've read on other parts of the protection
they're not planning on rolling some aspects of it out, like HDCP until
2010.

Overall Blu-ray is harder on copy-protection and looks to be the most
restrictive as this point, with Microsoft and Intel backing HD DVD that
format looks to be the most PC-friendly going forward.
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Thanks for your comments, Paul. I appreciate it.
 
You can run Blu-ray in XP now; however you can only use it to write data.
Even after someone produces the software to view it on your computer both
your video card and your display must support HDCP. Only a couple of cards do
now and I don't know of any displays that do.

bob
 
bob said:
You can run Blu-ray in XP now; however you can only use it to write data.
Even after someone produces the software to view it on your computer both
your video card and your display must support HDCP. Only a couple of cards do
now and I don't know of any displays that do.

bob
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Thanks bob!
 
Paul Smith said:
In a word, yes it will be supported... But...

The key issue is the copy-protection systems on the discs themselves.
They can check the system to see if it has signed drivers. As 64-bit
requires having signed drivers that platform may only be able to play the
most secure films. This prevents a driver from intercepting the data and
by-passing the copy protection.

Ultimately it depends how hardcore the movie studios on enforcing their
"digital rights", from what I've read on other parts of the protection
they're not planning on rolling some aspects of it out, like HDCP until
2010.

Overall Blu-ray is harder on copy-protection and looks to be the most
restrictive as this point, with Microsoft and Intel backing HD DVD that
format looks to be the most PC-friendly going forward.
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Plus MS will ensure HD DVD works fine because of the xbox 360 drive add on.
With all this media centre/networking to 360 business, I am sure they will
put a little bit more effort into implementing the HD-DVD than the blu-ray
 
Beck said:
Plus MS will ensure HD DVD works fine because of the xbox 360 drive add
on. With all this media centre/networking to 360 business, I am sure
they will put a little bit more effort into implementing the HD-DVD than
the blu-ray
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That makes a lot of sense since it is the standard that Microsoft has
decided to follow. I guess the question will be which standard (HD-DVD
or Blu-Ray will become the standard -- seems kinda like VHS vs. Beta)
 
That makes a lot of sense since it is the standard that Microsoft has
decided to follow. I guess the question will be which standard (HD-DVD or
Blu-Ray will become the standard -- seems kinda like VHS vs. Beta)
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I've blogged a bit about it, the edge is with HD DVD at the moment; with
quality, sales and price, we'll have to wait and see how the PS3 will effect
things.

http://blogs.dasmirnov.net/paul/2006/08/11/hd_dvd_wins_the_quality_wars
http://blogs.dasmirnov.net/paul/2006/08/09/hd_dvd_continues_to_pull_away
http://blogs.dasmirnov.net/paul/2006/07/20/hd_dvd_racing_ahead

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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As already mentioned blu-ray is very DRM heavy, and currently its only Sony
studios releasing blu-ray discs. The players, and discs are more expensive,
along with you cannot pass-through a blu-ray player through a a/v receiver
either so it must be directly connected to a television with proper inputs,
at least last time I checked as they don't want for you to be able to
intercept the data somewhere else to record it.

In the end HD-DVD has less space per disk, but with how annoying Sony has
been with DRM with their so-called rights which even prevent a legal backup,
they will bankrupt this format.

Beck said:
Plus MS will ensure HD DVD works fine because of the xbox 360 drive add
on. With all this media centre/networking to 360 business, I am sure
they will put a little bit more effort into implementing the HD-DVD than
the blu-ray
Click to expand...

That makes a lot of sense since it is the standard that Microsoft has
decided to follow. I guess the question will be which standard (HD-DVD
or Blu-Ray will become the standard -- seems kinda like VHS vs. Beta)
 
John said:
As already mentioned blu-ray is very DRM heavy, and currently its only Sony
studios releasing blu-ray discs. The players, and discs are more expensive,
along with you cannot pass-through a blu-ray player through a a/v receiver
either so it must be directly connected to a television with proper inputs,
at least last time I checked as they don't want for you to be able to
intercept the data somewhere else to record it.

In the end HD-DVD has less space per disk, but with how annoying Sony has
been with DRM with their so-called rights which even prevent a legal backup,
they will bankrupt this format.



That makes a lot of sense since it is the standard that Microsoft has
decided to follow. I guess the question will be which standard (HD-DVD
or Blu-Ray will become the standard -- seems kinda like VHS vs. Beta)
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Good point! Also, what about Sony and their music -- wasn't their some
kind of controversy that some music cd's had spyware or something else
that was bad that installed itself to computers. Can you fill me in on
this and despite the potential of PS3 -- I wonder about the Blu-Ray
format as well.
 
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