Re: Sony Executive about Connected Devices and Media Players

>  In his vision, 4K media players would have to authenticate online before every playback

Ugh! That's a lot of trouble to go through, I'm sure most would go
with someone else if this would be the case.

> which would make it relatively easy for content providers to clamp down on unauthorized content

There's a lot of easier ways - such as providing unrestricted media
easily out of the box.

> and hacked players

That's a shame for any modders as well. I can't see this going down
well with people. *My* device, *My* rules. It's of course going to be
a response of "Oh, actually, we've decided it isn't yours, we're just
leasing it to you and you have to give it back." as an excuse.

> but would also cut consumers without internet connections out of the picture.

This is the worst possible thing anyone with any kind of media could
do. For example I'm fed up and want to watch a film I've downloaded
when my internet goes off. My internet connection has been unreliable
forever..

I can't see this sort of thing taking off really...

Cheers

Dan

Received on Thursday, 4 July 2013 13:38:42 UTC