Columbia/TriStar tells Macrovision to take a hike... - DVDfile.com forum for DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD

Musashi74 · 11-10-2002, 07:35 PM

Don't know if anyone is aware of this, but Columbia/TriStar isn't using Macrovision on their SuperBit DVD's. Apparently, Macrovision isn't real happy with TriStar's decision...

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993034

UserNameUndecided · 11-10-2002, 08:05 PM

Good for them. Macro protection sucks.
ok... actually it's use is understandable, and you can only really tell that it is there on VHS tapes. But I still can't picture anyone who would try to copy a DVD to VHS or their hard drive, see that it's copy protected, and then decide to buy the movie instead.

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The new Superbit DVDs, which deliver stunning picture quality, are marked "Warning: This disc is copy protected". But this message does not please Macrovision, who believe it may lead people to think that Macrovision does not work. "We are investigating this," says a spokesman.

Macrovision doesn't really have anything to be angry about. They're name isn't mentioned anywhere on the packaging or discs. The only people who they should be concerned about questioning Macrovision's quality are the studios -- but they already use Macrovision so they already know that it works just fine. Once again:

It also strikes me as a tad bit strange that Columbia would throw out copy protection, yet they are probably the number one studio when it comes to region coding. They go all out on making sure no one can watch a lot of their discs on region free players, but copy protection isn't that big of a deal to them?

It seems like copy protection would be the more important feature, between the two, to stick with.

mrkeeling · 11-10-2002, 08:19 PM

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But I still can't picture anyone who would try to copy a DVD to VHS or their hard drive, see that it's copy protected, and then decide to buy the movie instead.

Actually, I can not picture anybody who would want to copy a DVD (especially SuperBit) on VHS and than actually wanted to watch that tape

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Musashi74 · 11-11-2002, 12:44 AM

Please forgive my utter technical ignorance, but might this have something to do with saving space? Superbits forego extras in favor of a higher compression rate, right?

How much disc space does Macrovision protection take up, anyway? Any at all? Or is it just a matter of how the movie is encoded?

jonathan_little · 11-11-2002, 01:15 AM

Macrovision doesn't take up any space, except for the possibility of their little "Quality Protection" logo being added the end of a feature.

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Musashi74 Actor Join Date: Jun 2002	Columbia/TriStar tells Macrovision to take a hike... Don't know if anyone is aware of this, but Columbia/TriStar isn't using Macrovision on their SuperBit DVD's. Apparently, Macrovision isn't real happy with TriStar's decision... http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993034

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11-11-2002, 12:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Musashi74 Actor Join Date: Jun 2002	Please forgive my utter technical ignorance, but might this have something to do with saving space? Superbits forego extras in favor of a higher compression rate, right? How much disc space does Macrovision protection take up, anyway? Any at all? Or is it just a matter of how the movie is encoded?

11-11-2002, 01:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
jonathan_little Actor Join Date: Jan 2002	Macrovision doesn't take up any space, except for the possibility of their little "Quality Protection" logo being added the end of a feature.