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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by pjc50 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @12:31PM (#16729092)
> Netflix actually supports UHD on the Windows 10 app and on Microsoft Edge

Still a closed platform :)

It's the DRM problem. They insist on these limitations as an anti-piracy measure. Fundamentally the only way to decode 4k in real time is to pass it fairly-unmodified to the video hardware, and at that point in a non-closed system a driver could steal it. Or just record it off the screen from the inside.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by skrebbel on Sunday April 01, 2018 @12:34PM (#16729105)
> Still a closed platform :)

Sure, but not a smart TV and that's the part I personally care the most about. I doubt Microsoft, even with all their telemetry nonsense, will ever include something as ridiculous as samba.tv. Also, they employ more than 0 UI designers.

Thanks for the explanation btw. So it's basically the 4k video version of copy-protected CD's. And that was a great idea that totally worked!

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by RaleyField on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:47PM (#16730650)
> will ever include something as ridiculous as samba.tv

Pleasant surprise:

Microsoft Store -> "..." button -> My Library.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by kaybe on Sunday April 01, 2018 @12:44PM (#16729164)
Sadly it just drives people to piracy instead when they cannot watch what they paid for.
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