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PVP-OPM<br />

Consult the 2006 <strong>HDTV</strong> Technology Report for details, this content protection method<br />

was to be implemented in the new Hi-def DVDs to prevent pirates from attaching<br />

recording devices directly to the PC graphics card’s DVI or HDMI video outputs to<br />

gain access to a fully resolved unprotected image of the content. Please review the<br />

detail of this subject on the HD Content Protection Section.<br />

Gaming<br />

Sony first demoed the PlayStation 3 console (below) at CES 2006, which was<br />

planned for release during 2006 (originally May in US, spring in Japan) but was<br />

finally introduced in Nov 06. According to the original specifications, the PS3 would<br />

playback Blu-ray discs at 1080/60p and 1080i over HDMI, and is suited with a High<br />

Quality Image Processing driven by RSX Graphic Processor with a 32bit floating point<br />

processing for color video and audio.<br />

At the 2006 CES booth, it was revealed that<br />

Sony was subsidizing the PS3 and releasing<br />

the console at a loss (approximately $400)<br />

to help establish the Blu-ray format. Many<br />

BD player (non-gamer) consumers could be<br />

benefited if buying the PS3 instead of<br />

Sony’s $1000 standalone player, because<br />

both players were said by Sony to have the<br />

same performance and features (although<br />

that was not actually the case upon release,<br />

the 1080p24fps output was only a feature<br />

offered on the stand-alone player).<br />

In May 2006, CNET published the following comparison between the PS3 and Xbox<br />

360:<br />

Console<br />

Microsoft<br />

Xbox 360<br />

without HDD<br />

Microsoft<br />

Xbox 360<br />

with 20GB<br />

HDD<br />

PlayStation 3<br />

with 20GB<br />

HDD<br />

PlayStation 3<br />

with 60GB<br />

HDD<br />

Price Availability<br />

Optical<br />

Media<br />

Memory<br />

DVD with<br />

$299 Available<br />

possible<br />

add-on HD<br />

512MB<br />

DVD<br />

DVD with<br />

$399 Available<br />

possible<br />

add-on HD<br />

512MB<br />

DVD<br />

$499<br />

$599<br />

Nov. 17,<br />

2006<br />

Nov. 17,<br />

2006<br />

Blu-ray<br />

Blu-ray<br />

256MB<br />

XDR RAM<br />

256MB<br />

XDR RAM<br />

Chip<br />

3 IBM<br />

PowerPC<br />

CPUs each at<br />

3.2 GHz<br />

3 IBM<br />

PowerPC<br />

CPUs each at<br />

3.2GHz<br />

Cell<br />

Processor<br />

3.2GHz<br />

Cell<br />

Processor<br />

3.2GHz<br />

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