"Andor Bariska" wrote in message
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Bob Cain wrote:
Randy Yates wrote:
Seriously, Matt, you act like this is a silly question. Why
would it be? Isn't
that kinda the idea of SACD - let the latest technology
decide what's the best
way to downconvert the delta sigma modulator output? Why
hogtie the converter
to the transport? Oh, yeah! I get it - we get to sell more
players that way...

Nope. We get to sell more content that way. It's about
protection of content from theft regardless of how effective
it might be.

That's so stupid (not you Bob, I'm talking about this wishful
record
company thinking), it has to be the idea of Dilbert's boss.
It's like
trying to protect a house from break-in by locking only the
back door
while leaving the front door open.

I agree, but that seems to be the state of affairs (copy
protection). There are only a handful of expensive players that
have a digital audio out (IEEE 1394/firewire) and they have
proprietary interfaces with the same vendors' expensive
receivers. Apparently the copy protection scheme/vendor
implementation must be approved (DVD forum?) before the digital
link can be activated. There are a few devices shipping with the
firewire port disabled. If and when that vendor is approved they
can enable the output via firmware upgrade.

Having only analog outputs is a giant step backward. Proprietary
digital links is a crummy solution.