05-24-2002, 07:37 AM | #11 | |
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'Sony did not immediately return calls seeking comment.' I wonder why...? They are shooting themselves in the foot by doing this; people are going to be less inclined to buy Sony cds (as has been shown by this thread), so artists won't want to sign up to them etc... IMHO it might even increase piracy in the end.
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05-24-2002, 08:02 AM | #12 |
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I'd just use the felt tip marker lol
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05-24-2002, 09:34 AM | #13 | |
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I noticed if he is having a converstaion you can't understand him at all, but once he starts singing I can understand him plainly [img]smile.gif[/img] too many drugs in that mans past Ahh well Khaz is right about marking out the reflective strip that causes the problems with PC's reading them. Sony is some klind of PO'd that they put so much $$$$ into this copy protection only to have it avoided by a cheap marker. |
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05-24-2002, 09:37 AM | #14 | |
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[quote]Originally posted by Earthdog:
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05-24-2002, 10:13 AM | #15 |
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Ahh yes Magik. Maybe they are making things better than when I worked at best. The tvs were pretty good for the most part. It was all the other stuff they made that really had problems. I reckon I should have said that earlier.
Still, It turned me off to ALL of their products. When I think of a personal portable cassette deck...I think Walkman. Most people do. Thats the impact that advertising has on us. I personally would never buy a Walkman. Its just a registered trademark after all. Id buy a cheapie before I bought Sony whether its a cassette deck or cd player. Sony is way over priced and too crappily made for my liking. I just know how much bad Sony crap I used to have to process. My brother has a very nice Sony reciever/surround decoder. It works for him. I would buy another brand that does the same thing for less before I bought Sony. All the fuel spent returning faulty merchandise.... To each his own as they say. Sony isnt for me [img]smile.gif[/img] but yes they are improving their manufacturing techniques. Hold it. That 32" Widescreen PLASMA TV/computer monitor is lookin awful good... all I need now is $10,000 and I can get one. NHL 2002 would rock on that puppy [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 05-24-2002, 10:13 AM: Message edited by: Earthdog ]
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05-24-2002, 11:16 AM | #16 | |
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Would be nice....
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05-24-2002, 11:22 AM | #17 |
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i still think there is no way to disable your hardware permanently. guess its just a rumor.
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05-24-2002, 11:35 AM | #18 | |
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First of all, Sony is saying they can do this, because they are not calling them CDs. (It is NOT a standard CD format) The CD logo, on the disc and cover is replaced with the phrase "Not playable on PC or Mac". The first track on the disc is a data track that forces the player into an infinite loop. Since it won't stop spinning, it won't let you eject. If you reboot to stop it, it won't let the operating system come up. Most can bypass this by holding-in the eject button during start-up. For many new PCs, and ALL Macs, there is no eject button on the drive itself. Mine is controlled by keyboard or software. So for those without a way to manual interrupt the spin, it locks up the computer, and in my case (a DVD burner) will completely disable the drive.
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05-24-2002, 12:03 PM | #19 |
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Christ. This is so f***ed. Who the hell gave these corporate bully's the right to disable our hardware?
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05-24-2002, 12:10 PM | #20 |
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Don't they have several "Willful Destruction of Property" suits against Sony now? From what I understand, quite a few folks have class action suits because a $18 CD is costing them $500 to repair their computers. [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img]
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