Posted 11/18/08 at 05:54:44 PM by Andy Salisbury
It’s an all to common story; boy gets Blu-ray player, boy wants Blu-ray movies, boy doesn’t want to pay full price for said movies so boy goes to China to snag bootlegs – we’ve all been there. But should you find yourself caught in this conundrum wait a moment before you do anything. Those fancy new Blu-ray movies you just got could very well be DVDs.
High-end movie pirates in China are ripping the legitimate Blu-ray movies (which use 1,080 lines of resolution) and then burning them onto writeable DVDs (which only support 720 lines of resolution). The swindlers are reportedly making roughly $7 a pop per movie.
Reports say none of the movies have made their way out of China yet.
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[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/asalisbury
[2] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/speculation_toshiba_thumbs_nose_bluray_toys_with_internet_enabled_dvd_player_instead
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/mtv_myspace_want_insert_ads_pirated_videos
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/blu_ray_vs_hd_dvd_fight
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