[redmenace]

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/25/microsoft_vista_no_32bit_hd/

[Herra Tohtori]

What the ****?

If they "hope to be able to sig every 64-bit driver", whats the preventing mechanism that makes them unable to do that for 32-bit drivers?


And what does it actually mean, does it say that direct video play from HD/Blu-ray disks is impossible, or that the disks can't even be read at all?

This smells like money-making scheme and I bet EU will get to do some b****-slapping on Microsoft - again.

[Fury]

The story is bogus.

Microsoft surprised more than a few people on Thursday when one of its developers told a technical crowd in Australia that 32-bit versions of Windows Vista won't be able to play back next-generation high-definition protected content, i.e. commercial Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

Later Thursday, representatives in the U.S. said that senior program manager Steve Riley was mistaken.

"The information he provided to that audience was incorrect," a representative told CNET News.com. "Playback is possible with Windows Vista in 32-bit."

The decision of whether to offer that support, the representative said, won't be made by Microsoft but rather by the third-party software makers that create DVD playback software, folks like CyberLink and InterVideo.

"It is up to the ISVs providing playback solutions to determine whether the intended playback environment, including environments with a 32-bit CPU, meets the performance requirements to allow high-definition playback while supporting the guidelines set forth by the content owners," Microsoft PR manager Adam Anderson said in a statement. "No version of Windows Vista will make a determination as to whether any given piece of content should play back or not."

http://news.com.com/2061-10794_3-6109427.html?part=rss&tag=6109427&subj=news

[Herra Tohtori]

So... does it just simply mean that if you have 32-bit Windows Vista, the Windows Media Player on it can't play HD protected content and you need a third-party media player that can?

I was feeling a bit suspicious of this myself, good you cleared it out. Or rather, that Microsoft cleared it out.

[redmenace]

But only 64-bit will have it native right?

[Kosh]

Doesn't matter if it's native or not, I will just use WinDVD.

[IceFire]

But only 64-bit will have it native right?

Doesn't matter...the story is bogus.  Microsoft is denying the facts previously expressed saying the speaker gave the wrong information.

[Mars]

Aren't almost all new processors have some 64 bit capacity?

[Nuke]

if an earthquake was to shock through cali, sinking it to the bottom of the pacific, everyone would notice the almost instantanious increas in good movies, as for its populace, i dont think they will be missed.

[NGTM-1R]

if an earthquake was to shock through cali, sinking it to the bottom of the pacific, everyone would notice the almost instantanious increas in good movies, as for its populace, i dont think they will be missed.

You. Me. Ketchup bottles at dawn.

Besides, you ever looked at Indian movies? They're the other big producer, and dear God, they're actually worse.

[Mars]

if an earthquake was to shock through cali, sinking it to the bottom of the pacific, everyone would notice the almost instantaneous increase in good movies, as for its populace, i dont think they will be missed.

You. Me. Ketchup bottles at dawn.

Besides, you ever looked at Indian movies? They're the other big producer, and dear God, they're actually worse.

Yeah, unfortunately I have

[an0n]

There's nothing wrong with Indian movies.

They're basically in the same vein as all the old-school musicals Hollywood knocked out in the 50's. Just imagine you're watching a live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid and suddenly everything makes sense.

[karajorma]

Besides it would be Hong Kong that took over the action market most likely.

[an0n]

Hong Kong knocks out a lot of movies, and generally they're more entertaining than Bollywood movies (from a Westernized perspective at least) - but the sheer volume of film Bollywood knocks out dwarfs all the competition.

[karajorma]

True but outside of it's current market in the west I can't see Bollywood expanding into the western market much so while it would stay roughly the same size Hong Kong would grow very quickly.

[an0n]

I think pretty soon Bollywood is going to realise the potential of westernized movies.

I mean, sure they make billions catering to the Indian market, but Indian, American, African or Eskimo - a businessman is a businessman. And if they think for a second they could have Indian production companies knock out movies at Indian rates and sell them to the US and Commonwealth markets, it'll be all of a month before we're flooded with with new-wave Bollywood movies.

And they'll be filling the niche that currently sits between Hollywood and Bollywood. Americans won't buy Bollywood because it's all in Punjab, and Indians won't buy dubbed Hollywood because it's too shallow. But if Bollywood starts knocking out movies in English that are less 'Disney-musical'.....