Finally, decent copy protection!

[fodders]

Sony DVD player

[gatewatcher]

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Heh, Sony, I hope they have good lawyers.

[Goat]

is this REAL?!?! while i was reading that, it sounded so fucking fake.

"Consumers will feel like they're in the movie when that thing goes off."

"...but we don't care if you can't see the content, just as long as you buy brand new, legitimate copies from your local or online store."

"We feel that consumers will embrace the self-destructive DVD players, because it gives them that Mission Impossible I've-got-the-latest-gadget feeling."

"We even have the player say 'This DVD player will self-destruct in 10 seconds."

"OK, their house might burn down, but isn't that a small price to pay to combat piracy?"

"I've seen the Sony model and it slowly catches flame and burns up. Our model is fitted with a small amount of plastic explosives which causes a much more dramatic destruction."

Those statements CANT be real. it sounds too mocked-up and shit. and almost CARTOONY to a sense

[Sharessa]

It is fake, yet sadly too close to reality.

[Cyb]

rofl

[Amaster]

Haha. The article on background checks for CD-RWs is even funnier.

[insertwackynamehere]

I thought this was real for a second

[Psyonisis]

A more realistic idea would be to snap the DVD in half.

(by the way, at first I thought this article was real)

[Fletcher`]

ORFL!

[sargebaldy]

i'd buy one

[Ichor]

I'd buy one, then send it to someone I don't like as a "gift", passing it off as a normal DVD player.

[DOOM Anomaly]

Ichor said:

I'd buy one, then send it to someone I don't like as a "gift", passing it off as a normal DVD player.

Heh, I'd do the same, I'd also give one to the school as a "donation". >:D

[Fletcher`]

I have one.

[zark]

ravage said:

I have one.

I have seven.

[pritch]

zarcyb said:

I have seven.

I don't :(

Goat said:

Is this real?

Sony Entertainment vice-president Harold Wang

heh

[Lord FlatHead]

Goat said:

Those statements CANT be real. it sounds too mocked-up and shit. and almost CARTOONY to a sense

Good thinking, captain Obvious.

[spank]

You idiots! Don't you see how true that could just be?!

Heh.

[Reisal]

buy one and mail it to the fat bitch (AKA Hillary Rosen, CEO of RIAA)

[Goat]

fuck all of you, i cant help it if i believe everything i read on the internet

[Fletcher`]

Goat said:

fuck all of you, i cant help it if i believe everything i read on the internet

Biggest mistake ever.

[Fredrik]

Sony Entertainment vice-president Harold Wang

... Wang is not an entirely uncommon surname...

[Gokuma]

Playstations and Playstation 2's are already designed to self-destruct, just not as violently.
The current post-warrenty arising defect: faulty lense

X-Boxes are pretty bad too. They think removed the cooling fan in later models aside from switching to cheaper video components.

[NightmareZer0]

Haha thats funny.