Re: [OT] DVD reading (was Re: Misc hardware questions

[Jason Costomiris]

On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 09:32:39AM -0800, Patrick M. May wrote:
: think the studios are more worried about is the mass production of illegal
: copies. And encryption won't tackle that.  You can do (so I've been told) a
: bit for bit copy with the right hardware (~US$5,000-10,000?) much like make
: a raw image of a file now with CD-R/(W).

That's correct.  We've got a DVD-R drive here at work.  It's a Pioneer
unit, and it was around $5000 US.  Media isn't cheap either.  About $40
a pop.

We've got a video group that uses it for one-off's for customers that are
getting DVDs produced by them.

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                 Jason Costomiris <><
            Technologist, cryptogeek, human.
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