Why Rosyna Can't Take a Movie Screenshot

Re:Why Rosyna Can't Take a Movie Screenshot by roghummal on Sunday January 04, 2015 @07:09AM (#8834192)

Example: If you rented "The Interview" on Google's video service (in HD) and played it back on a software/hardware stack that didn't have the latest DRM(1), you were limited to SD.

You paid for HD. You got SD.

Of course, you could go pirate a full HD copy of the movie and play it back anywhere. The effectiveness of these inconveniences is overwhelming.

(1) I'm not positive it was even possible to redeem an HD rental in HD. I don't know anyone that didn't get forced to play in SD.

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Re:Why Rosyna Can't Take a Movie Screenshot by devin_lane on Sunday January 04, 2015 @01:49PM (#8835358)

I looked into this and you could get HD on locked down devices (phones, tablets, TVs), but not computers, regardless of operating system. This was weird to see given that EME made it into Chrome recently and now Netflix works without silverlight. I ended up renting it on Youtube, then googling for an HD copy. Found one hosted on Google Drive (!), which produced quite a chuckle.

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Re:Why Rosyna Can't Take a Movie Screenshot by catkin on Sunday January 04, 2015 @12:28PM (#8835078)

I always get forced to watch Google Play movies in SD and I have a late 2013 MacBook Pro. It's the main reason I use iTunes more than Google Play.

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Re:Why Rosyna Can't Take a Movie Screenshot by knodi123 on Sunday January 04, 2015 @01:25PM (#8835279)

when I rented it, HD and SD cost the same amount. but your point is taken

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