Members Alndln2 Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 From CNN : LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- New technology designed to thwart DVD theft makes discs unplayable until they're activated at the cash register. A chip smaller than the head of a pin is placed onto a DVD along with a thin coating that blocks a DVD player from reading critical information on the disc. At the register, the chip is activated and sends an electrical pulse through the coating, turning it clear and making the disc playable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted May 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 Ok, I just found their web site. It appears this "protection" is merely to prevent theft from the store, not copying. Good for the store, but useless for the Movie Industry. In the words of Emily Littella,.....Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted May 12, 2007 Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 who would steal a movie from the store? that's just silly. do they not have an internet connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Gnash Posted May 12, 2007 Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 who would steal a movie from the store? that's just silly. Employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 who would steal a movie from the store? that's just silly.do they not have an internet connection? That's why I think this whole idea is a waste of time and money. Buying media (Movies/CD's/Games etc.) in a store is going bankrupt anyway more and more, and to sink money into this technology will probably speed up the the posting of the Closed sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 Employees.In this case, it's the employees who are trained to remove the protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted May 12, 2007 Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 Another nail in the coffin of disc based media...Madness competing with Insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted May 12, 2007 Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 Technology: (noun) An expensive way of providing answers to questions no one asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted May 13, 2007 Members Share Posted May 13, 2007 Employees. thats not part of their "benefits package"? btw, last time i counted my DVD collection.... i was well over 400 titles. it was too depressing to think how much i spent on them so i quit counting. of course i do find a lot of movies i like in the $5-12 range. better than CD's. however, last DVD i bought was Hifana for $45 but was a DVD/CD import combo and really cool. i also just bought 'dazed and confused/fast times at ridgement high' double feature for $9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NateLM Posted May 13, 2007 Members Share Posted May 13, 2007 Anymore, people aren't stealing discs to keep them; they can "return" them for the money to stores that are lax on their "returns only with a receipt" policy. In the case of employee theft, it's all too easy to "return" them w/o a receipt after the disc's been lifted. I guess this is a good idea to deter thieves who actually want to keep the disc; I just don't think that's very common anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted May 13, 2007 Members Share Posted May 13, 2007 a lot of stores wont take back DVD's that have been opened... but if they are only returning them for the money [steal and return in the same step], then they would have to deter the security in place already, i think a magnet does it... and then with this type of system, i dont know how they would "re-arm" the DVD rendering that security measure useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members succubus Posted May 13, 2007 Members Share Posted May 13, 2007 What happens if the chip looses the charge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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