AfterDawn: Tech news

Cinea says goodbye to S-View screener player

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 25 Dec 2007 4:32 User comments (2)

Cinea says goodbye to S-View screener player Cinea,a division of Dolby Laboratories, has quietly phased out the Cinea S-View, the DVD player custom-made for tens of thousands of Oscar voters since 2004.
The S-View was used as a piracy-busting fixture that worked "with DVDs encrypted so that the discs only could play on a machine registered to each particular voter."

"Cinea remains committed to anti-piracy, changing focus from the S-View platform to support of its watermarking technology, Running Marks,"
said a Cinea spokesman. "This business decision had nothing to do with lack of studio support."

Despite what the spokesperson said however, sources have indicated that Cinea is killing off the device due to million of dollars in losses that have mounted since its inception. Major studios have gotten comfortable with the DVD watermarking standard and therefore have given little money to experimental technologies such as the S-View.



Since its introduction in 2004, Cinea and the S-View have been stumbling. The company has faced increased costs due to its pledge "to distribute machines to new members of the guilds it was servicing." Voters also complained at the impracticality of the machine, angrily pointing out the fact that they must lug around the machine while on vacation during the holiday season. Even more embarrassingly, in 2006 the drama "Munich" was omitted from that year's "Orange British Academy Film Awards", due to a technical glitch that prevented screeners of that film from being viewed by BAFTA members.

Cinea has said however, that they will continue to press on with their watermarking technology, a more practical service.

Source:
HR

Previous Next  

2 user comments

127.12.2007 12:17
emugamer
Inactive

Quote:
Voters also complained at the impracticality of the machine, angrily pointing out the fact that they must lug around the machine while on vacation during the holiday season.
Boo hoo.

These people who are complaining are probably the people releasing them on warez sites.
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 27 Dec 2007 @ 12:18

229.12.2007 09:22

Poor baby :)

Comments have been disabled for this article.

Latest news

Roomba Combo j7+ review - Clever trick allows robot vacuum finally to tackle home with rugs and carpets Roomba Combo j7+ review - Clever trick allows robot vacuum finally to tackle home with rugs and carpets (06 Jun 2023 9:19)
Roomba Combo j7+ is the very first Roomba model to combine robot vacuum with mopping features. And Roomba Combo j7+ does all that with a very clever trick, which tackles the problem with mopping and carpets. But is it any good? We found out.
Neato, the robot vacuum company, ends its operations Neato, the robot vacuum company, ends its operations (02 May 2023 3:38)
Neato Robotics has ceased its operations. American robot vacuum pioneer founded in 2005 has finally called it quits and company will cease its operations and sales. Only a skeleton crew will remain who will keep the servers running until 2028.
5 user comments
How to Send Messages to Yourself on WhatsApp How to Send Messages to Yourself on WhatsApp (20 Mar 2023 1:25)
The world's most popular messaging platform, Meta-owned WhatsApp has enabled sending messages to yourself. While at first, this might seem like an odd feature, it can be very useful in a lot of situations. ....
18 user comments
How to Enable Bluetooth on Stadia Controller How to Enable Bluetooth on Stadia Controller (11 Feb 2023 1:04)
Google shut down its streaming game service Stadia late last month and this means that some people have Stadia controllers lying around that seem to be of no use. That is fortunately not the ....
2 user comments
Guide: How to Kick Unwanted Guests from Your Netflix Account Guide: How to Kick Unwanted Guests from Your Netflix Account (26 Jan 2023 2:14)
Sharing a Netflix account with a person in a different location is possible and indeed very common, although the company doesn't necessarily enjoy this behavior from their customers. However, ....

News archive