Comments on: Niveus Media’ Big Honking DVD JukeBox http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/ Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wes Felter http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/#comment-112668 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:11:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/#comment-112668 Even more interesting is that HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs can be legally ripped (“managed copy”), yet the DVD Forum can’t/won’t amemd the CSS rules to allow managed copy of regular DVDs.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/#comment-112667 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:21:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/#comment-112667 i agree wholeheartedly. by the way some cool programs that can help you rip your dvds on a mac are available now.

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]]> By: brian http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/#comment-112666 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:03:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/niveus-media-big-honking-dvd-jukebox/#comment-112666 Of course this expensive solution wouldn’t be necessary if DVDs allowed ripping like CDs do. The reason why portable video devices are still immature is because you cannot legally transfer the content from DVDs to their hard drives. Apple wouldn’t have been as popular as it has if you couldn’t rip your CD collection to the iPod and could only transfer music bought from iTunes.

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