Ring of Honor figures out the Internet, launches video download store to discourage BitTorrent piracy
Credit to Ring of Honor, the professional wrestling promotion, for embracing the Internet era. The promotion has launched a new download store that makes its extensive video library only a $10 download away. A legal download, mind you. It’s all a fan could ever ask for.
The process is pretty easy. You visit the Web site, add the video of your choice—I selected Joe vs. Punk II, from October, 2004 (which received a 5-star rating from The Wrestling Observer newsletter)—then buy via PayPal. A link then appears in the Account area of the Web site. In there is a link to a plain ol’ ISO that you then download at your leisure. The servers don’t seem to be too beefy since the download is running only at around 300 KB/s right now (6:30pm). Still, it’s quite a bit faster than waiting for a plastic disc to arrive in the mail.
It should also be noted that Ring of Honor regularly hosts Internet pay-per-view events, including one on April 3. So, “figures out the Internet” may be a bit harsh.
Companies like Ring of Honor have been fighting piracy for quite some time. There’s a couple fairly high profile BitTorrent sites that specialize in professional wrestling, and their DVDs are often ripped and posted and as soon as they’re released. It’s one thing to download a WWE DVD rip, where the company makes millions of dollars every year, but smaller guys like Ring of Honor truly do get hurt every time you fire up uTorrent. (Not to justify downloading WWE DVDs, of course.) But giving people an easy-to-use, inexpensive, and legal method to access their video library is to be commend, and it probably should have happened sooner.
I’d much rather be given the option of paying $10 for an ISO than having to sift my way through this or that torrent site, worrying about whether or not there’s a seeder in the swarm.
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Teen Hauled to Jail For Overdue Library DVD [Crime]
What started as a routine traffic stop ended with a Colorado teen doing hard time. The offense? Not returning a "House of Flying Daggers" DVD to his local library. Come on, Colorado. You're better than that.
Apparently young Aaron Henson, an impressionable lad all of 19 years old, fell in with the wrong DVD-borrowing crowd sometime last year. Henson packed up the flick for a move, forgot that he had it, and ended up with a warrant for his arrest:
The city said it sent an overdue notice and bill, neither of which were returned.
The city then sent a summons, which was returned.
Then, the city sent a new court date order, it was not returned. And when Aaron failed to appear for the second court date, the city issued a warrant.
Why all the fuss? Because apparently the municipality of Littleton, CO values the DVD of a 2004 release at $31.45, and any "theft" over $30 gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Also of note: Littleton, CO has apparently never heard of Amazon.
Anyhow, the whole mess get straightened out after Henson's family forked over a $200 fine for the DVD, $200 to remove the car from the impound lot, and $60 in court fees. And while Littleton has acknowledged its mistake and the mayor swears it won't happen again, the arrest is still on Aaron's record.
Just so long as no one got hurt, I suppose, except for the integrity of our judicial system. [The Denver Channel via Consumerist]
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Loewe le pone su toque especial a un centro multimedia
Loewe no se ha pensado mucho el diseño y de su nuevo centro multimedia y lo ha creado a imagen y semejanza de sus últimos televisores. Éxito seguro para los escaparates y las fotos de producto, además de entre quien sienta devoción por la calidad y diseño exclusivo que nos brinda esta marca en sus productos de electrónica de consumo.
La serie Loewe MediaCenter integra equipos con aspectos clásicos como las unidades de DVD o la radio FM, pero a los que se ha añadido la conectividad como punto fuerte. En estos equipos multimedia disponemos también de radio por Internet y streaming de contenido.
Loewe le pone su toque especial a un centro multimedia
Loewe no se ha pensado mucho el diseño y de su nuevo centro multimedia y lo ha creado a imagen y semejanza de sus últimos televisores. Éxito seguro para los escaparates y las fotos de producto, además de entre quien sienta devoción por la calidad y diseño exclusivo que nos brinda esta marca en sus productos de electrónica de consumo.
La serie Loewe MediaCenter integra equipos con aspectos clásicos como las unidades de DVD o la radio FM, pero a los que se ha añadido la conectividad como punto fuerte. En estos equipos multimedia disponemos también de radio por Internet y streaming de contenido.
5 Classic CD-ROMs You May Not Have Known Existed
It wasn't that long ago that CD-ROMs were the storage format of choice -- before DVD and Blu-ray -- for most software publishers, but here are 5 classic CD-ROMs you may not have known existed. Continue reading to see them all.
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Sony Fusion Table Slides Open To Reveal Workstation
As computers continue to work their way into every aspect of out lives, it’s not surprising to see someone try to integrate a computer into the humble coffee table, albeit it looks different from Microsoft Surface. This concept is dubbed the Sony Fusion, and aims to fuse both technology and furniture. At a glance, it’s just a sleek coffee table, but push a button, and the table will slide open to reveal a workstation with a touch sensitive keyboard, and adjustable screen. The LED outlined keyboard and DVD drive on the side of the table also do their part to make this design look classy. After it goes into production, it will be available in three different colors (blue, white and red), and will set you back $3,000.
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Reproductor Blu-ray externo de Saytes, para llevar de un lado a otro
Saytes ha presentado un nuevo producto que puede interesar a los que buscaban una unidad Blu-ray externa pero que fuera cómoda de llevar de un lado a otro. El modelo Saytes EBC-100 tiene su punto fuerte en la no necesidad de alimentación externa, con lo que eliminamos cables y fuentes de alimentación que siempre son un verdadero engorro cuando queremos portabilidad.
Con un precio de 200 euros, el reproductor Blu-Ray externo de Saytes se conecta al ordenador con su puerto USB 2.0, el mismo por el que se alimenta la unidad que es capaz de leer discos discos Blu-ray (BD-R y BD-RE), DVD-RAM, DVD+/-RW, DVD+/-R DL, CD-R y CD-RW a velocidades de hasta 24x, además de grabar DVD y CDs.
El peso de este Saytes EBC-100 es de 400 gramos, tiene un diseño interesante e incorpora un sistema de amortiguación que busca minimizar los daños en el disco que estemos reproduciendo o grabando con él.
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ASUS’ EeeBox EB1501U packs ION and USB 3.0, need we say more?
Sure NVIDIA's Ion 2 is all the rage right now, but ASUS still has a few tricks left in store for the progenitor nettop GPU. The EeeBox EB1501U sports a typical nettop processor -- in this case, the older Diamondville Intel Atom 330 dual core -- with Ion One, and as an added bonus, there's USB 3.0 support. Also under the hood? A 2.5-inch, 320GB HDD, DVD drive, and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. As for the other home theater PC box, the EeeMedia EM0501 isn't quite as exciting -- just a 800MHz Samsung ARM processor, a variety of codec supports, and HDMI out. Still, given history, it's a pretty solid addition. Pricing and availability? Your guess is as good as ours for now. Enjoy the pictures for the time being.
Gallery: ASUS EB1501U hands-on
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Giada Cube N7DT nettop
Giada introduces a new nettop to the masses with the Cube N7DT where it packs in virtually everything you need for a media center, although there is no sight of an HD audio output, we're pretty sure that that will be included in the final package. Among the other specifications and features available on the Giada Cube N7DT are an Intel Atom D510 1.66GHz, NVIDIA's next generation Ion chipset, a maximum of 2GB RAM, a 2.5" hard drive bay, a DVD burner, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, LAN support, HDMI, DVI and SPDIF out as well as a TV tuner. No idea on pricing or availability though.
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RealNetworks settles RealDVD case, drops product, pays $4.5m
A follow up... RealNetworks settles RealDVD case, drops product, pays $4.5m...
RealNetworks says it has settled the litigation over RealDVD, its software for making copies of DVDs on PC hard drives, agreeing to a permanent injunction against sales of the product and paying $4.5 million in legal costs and other fees to six major Hollywood studios and others that challenged the technology.
Here's our previous post from 2008....
RealDVD is being touted as one of the only legal ways to "back up" DVDs. It seems to make a copy on your drive, keeps the DRM and adds more Real player style DRM. Here's the funny part about all this - awhile back (1999) a ton of people were sued and got in trouble for trying to back up their DVDs, it still happens to this day although rare. That said you can't build a DVD jukebox without getting sued. Most people nowadays rip DVDs using many of the free open source tools (lots of posts on MAKE about that). Back to 1999, when the encryption(s) on the DVDs were broken allowing copies to be made (DeCSS) - they key actually came from the XingDVD player, from Xing Technologies, a subsidiary of RealNetworks. I'm pretty sure to this day 2600 magazine cannot even link to the DeCSS program, source, or anything. I'm sticking with HandBrake.
Looks like I'm still sticking with handbrake... Makers, what do you use to rip DVDs? Or are you busy making things instead of archiving movies? 
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