Real DVD: legit DVD copying, playback, but is it too late?  58
posts • Previous     • 1   • 2   • Real is just bizarre. They
come up with all of this great technology and sometimes good
ideas, and then tie the result of their work to player software
that is clunky, bloated, and unloved.      There has to be
something about that player that I'm not seeing...      In any
case, it doesn't matter if their solution has a market or not,
and even DRM isn't a major issue for some people, but as long as
Realplayer and only Realplayer can display the content I'll
pass.     I'm surprised the studios are going along with this. I
always thought the problem with rumors/hopes of DVD-ripping
features added to iTunes is that allowing this would eliminate
the distinction between buying and renting DVDs. Both are
important markets to the studios. If Joe Consumer can "buy" a
DVD for the cost of renting it at Red Box, doesn't that kill the
"buy" market? From the studios' perspective, good will is the
only thing keeping Joe from a