From: Alexander Dietrich
> What's interesting is that the article says ALL CD
> players display a runtime of 28 seconds. So
> apparently you not only lose the ability to play
> the CD from your PC, your Hi-Fi CD player looks
> pretty dumb as well.
And the site says the protection is completely
Rick Pali wrote:
> > I think it also results in the CD player putting out a
> > duff SPDIF stream too, preventing them from being copied
> > digitally to MD.
>
> If that's true, the CDs will be useless for those of us with outboard DACs.
> I checked the manufacturer's site and as I'd feared, th
> > I think it also results in the CD player putting out a
> > duff SPDIF stream too, preventing them from being copied
> > digitally to MD.
>
> If that's true, the CDs will be useless for those of us with
> outboard DACs.
> I checked the manufacturer's site and as I'd feared, there was no
> info
From: Simon Gardner
> I think it also results in the CD player putting out a
> duff SPDIF stream too, preventing them from being copied
> digitally to MD.
If that's true, the CDs will be useless for those of us with outboard DACs.
I checked the manufacturer's site and as I'd feared, there was n
> > The whole problem is the copy problem, and it keeps recording industry
> > executives awake at night. Today using MP3, music can be stored and
> > distributed audio over the 'net without impediment. The recording
> > industry is working hard to change this. In SDMI phase II, CDs will
> > con
