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Originally Posted by SamuriHL
I hold out one last remaining glimmer of hope that SlyPlayer(tm) will FINALLY give us the HD experience we need.
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That's the plan.
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Originally Posted by SamuriHL
Without having to frak around with protection nonsense, they can concentrate on making a player that simply works. Imagine a player that properly decodes HD audio and streams them over HDMI as unmolested LPCM.
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Will do. "Bit exact" if wanted (bypassing Windows mixer). It will have ReClock's functionality included. It will be possible to watch PAL DVDs with the correct speed (24fps instead if 25).
It will have subtitle placement for CIH setups. Maybe even setting color / transparency of subtitles.
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Originally Posted by SamuriHL
Maybe they can do bitstreaming, as well, I don't know.
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Me neither.
Seriously, if I can make it work, I'll do it. Might be very hardware dependent (meaning non workie with ATI HDMI).
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Originally Posted by SamuriHL
But I'll take unmolested LPCM. Imagine a player with reclock built in. Imagine a player with a FUNCTIONAL UI.
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Well. cough. UI design isn't exactly our strength. So don't expect everything to be "skinnable". And we won't have a picture of a smiling girl. Maybe the picture of our CEO?
And it will play Java BDs ... without Java, if you want (I do... I can't stand this crap). Just select "play the movie" ... and it plays. Without having to watch Fox's "bullshit counter" first.
All in all, it will be a player designed for the serious home theater enthusiast.