OT: Why do flat-panel sets take so long to come on?

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:02:14 +1000, Bob Larter <bobbylarter@gmail.com>
wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:37:28 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

My Vizio seems to take "forever" to display an image. What, exactly,
is the set "waiting for"? CCFL HV driver stability? Something else?
Nope. It's the time delay needed for the DTV set firmware to contact
the RIAA or MPAA DRM server to obtain permission for you to watch
copyrighted content on your DTV. The time delay length depends on
your location relative to various towers, satellites, or worst case,
the transponder they left on the moon. The initial delay is a small
price to pay for keeping you legal, honest, and out of trouble with
the RIAA and MPAA attorneys.
LOL.

Don't laff too loud. It wouldn't surprise me if some day in the future
some of that comes to fruition.
It's likely not far off. Note that many Blu-ray players have an option for
Internet access.

Most of my fabrications are amazingly close to the truth (or they
wouldn't make a good conspiracy theory). I'm sure DRM via the
internet has been suggested, tested, and probably patented.

Are you kidding? Download a (legal) song or movie from the net & it
already happens now. Hell, just install a major piece of software (eg;
Photoshop or Word) & just watch the traffic spike on your firewall.

I've monitored the outgoing traffic on my home computah and found all
manner of applications and OS parts and pieces phone home. Many are
fairly good at hiding what they're sending, such as under the disguise
of "checking for updates". Most are fairly smart about calling home,
and wait a few random minutes after the computer boots to call. Few
bother to mention that they phone home, except in the EULA and privacy
policy, which nobody reads. I'm just wondering if the Blu-Ray
recorders are following the same path. My guess(tm) is that they
couldn't resist the temptation and will now be searching for reasons
for consumers to plug their Blu-Ray players into their broadband
connections.

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[Bob Larter]

Meat Plow wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:02:14 +1000, Bob Larter
bobbylarter@gmail.com>wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:37:28 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

My Vizio seems to take "forever" to display an image. What, exactly,
is the set "waiting for"? CCFL HV driver stability? Something else?
Nope. It's the time delay needed for the DTV set firmware to contact
the RIAA or MPAA DRM server to obtain permission for you to watch
copyrighted content on your DTV. The time delay length depends on
your location relative to various towers, satellites, or worst case,
the transponder they left on the moon. The initial delay is a small
price to pay for keeping you legal, honest, and out of trouble with
the RIAA and MPAA attorneys.
LOL.
Don't laff too loud. It wouldn't surprise me if some day in the future
some of that comes to fruition.
It's likely not far off. Note that many Blu-ray players have an option for
Internet access.
Most of my fabrications are amazingly close to the truth (or they
wouldn't make a good conspiracy theory). I'm sure DRM via the
internet has been suggested, tested, and probably patented.
Are you kidding? Download a (legal) song or movie from the net & it
already happens now. Hell, just install a major piece of software (eg;
Photoshop or Word) & just watch the traffic spike on your firewall.

Adobe CS4 is the phone home King. I just added a couple of their phone
home entries into my hosts file to reroute the traffic to 127.0.0.1

Smart arent I?

Shit, I've only put one in mine. What other addresses should I be blocking?

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[Meat Plow]

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:29:01 +1000, Bob Larter
<bobbylarter@gmail.com>wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:02:14 +1000, Bob Larter
bobbylarter@gmail.com>wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:37:28 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

My Vizio seems to take "forever" to display an image. What, exactly,
is the set "waiting for"? CCFL HV driver stability? Something else?
Nope. It's the time delay needed for the DTV set firmware to contact
the RIAA or MPAA DRM server to obtain permission for you to watch
copyrighted content on your DTV. The time delay length depends on
your location relative to various towers, satellites, or worst case,
the transponder they left on the moon. The initial delay is a small
price to pay for keeping you legal, honest, and out of trouble with
the RIAA and MPAA attorneys.
LOL.
Don't laff too loud. It wouldn't surprise me if some day in the future
some of that comes to fruition.
It's likely not far off. Note that many Blu-ray players have an option for
Internet access.
Most of my fabrications are amazingly close to the truth (or they
wouldn't make a good conspiracy theory). I'm sure DRM via the
internet has been suggested, tested, and probably patented.
Are you kidding? Download a (legal) song or movie from the net & it
already happens now. Hell, just install a major piece of software (eg;
Photoshop or Word) & just watch the traffic spike on your firewall.

Adobe CS4 is the phone home King. I just added a couple of their phone
home entries into my hosts file to reroute the traffic to 127.0.0.1

Smart arent I?

Shit, I've only put one in mine. What other addresses should I be blocking?

Download TCPview from Sysinternals and fire it up. Then load PS and
see what pops up in tcpview.

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com