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    Dell SX2210T: The First-ish of Many Multitouch Monitors

    Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates

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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    10/21/09

    In reply to Dell SX2210T: The First-ish of Many Multitouch Monitors
    Dell is asking for $470 and HP goes and one-ups them at $299. GAME ON! #dellsx2210t
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Dell SX2210T: The First-ish of Many Multitouch Monitors
    Just bought the regular 21.5 incher a few months ago. Looks pretty damn good. #dellsx2210t
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/20/09

    In reply to Dell SX2210T: The First-ish of Many Multitouch Monitors
    Now that's what I've been waiting for. Except I didn't wait, and bought a Dell 2409 last month. Oh well, hopefully in a year these'll be 24+ inches and $200 and I'll buy one then. #dellsx2210t
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    Image of Brian Richards Brian Richards
    10/20/09

    In reply to Dell SX2210T: The First-ish of Many Multitouch Monitors
    Price is here: [configure.us.dell.com] #dellsx2210t
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    weatherman promoted this comment Brian Richards was starred Brian Richards was unstarred
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    10/20/09

    @Brian Richards: Mmm. $470 is a little higher than I would spend, especially when you consider the all-in-one touch computers start around $800. But if it's multi-touch and all that, it might be worth it. #dellsx2210t
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/20/09

    @Brian Richards: Huh... that also confirms that it's multi-touch. Cool. Also, why does the article say "We assume the system is IR-based (meaning it's limited to 2 simultaneous touch points)"? Isn't surface also IR based? And it works with 50 points, along with continuous surfaces? #dellsx2210t
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    Image of All Your Base Are Belong To Us All Your Base Are Belong To Us
    09/23/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    Surely you just put a big fuck-off electro-magnet at the door of the theater? Tell people with pace makers they can't watch movies and simply fry all electronics as you enter/exit.

    At least we can reduce the prirate community to only old people with fuddy hearts.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    09/23/09

    @All Your Base Are Belong To Us:
    Yup because clearly every piece of electronics are devilish pirating devices! Hark! What is that!? A phone? EVIL! A DS? BLASPHEMY! Your watch? HERESY!

    Do you even know what age we live in?
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    Ugh! Why the hell didn't I think of this?! X-( Damnit!
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/22/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Maybe because you would have realized that it's a useless product that preys on the ignorance of industry executives who are dumb as fuck, and that it will only be a long-term detriment to the movie-going public?
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment met2art was starred met2art was unstarred
    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    09/22/09

    @met2art has an invisible star: Exactly! Make money off of the ignorant fools while I can! ^_^
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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    09/22/09

    @met2art has an invisible star: I hear the studios' next anti piracy plan is to make movies longer than videotapes so strategically placed personell in the theatres can hear the pirates 'reloading' and catch the culprits in the act. I am guessing it won't be until 2012 or so that they discover that people are using digital video cameras.
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    Image of WinthropHippolytus WinthropHippolytus
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    An IR blocking filter for any camera model you care to think of costs, what, $20? Maybe $30, max.

    So this will stop camera pirates for all of about half an hour. Way to invest in that technology! :P
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    Image of ssoltero ssoltero
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    I for one support this. Who wants to watch a camcorder filming a movie anyways? I hate those lame ass pirated versions of movies. They vex me.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/22/09

    @ssoltero: They vex you? They vex-.....You are vexed by these movies? Camcorder rips of theatrical movies are vexing?

    Hey guys, listen up! This has gone too far! Time and time again, Big Content has locked down our media, or implemented inconvenient methods of protecting their content. But now, a person has actually been VEXED by these counter-piracy measures. This has gone too far!

    How many more people need to be VEXED before we stand up and say, "No more!" We cannot allow vexation to continue in America. We have to resist the vexers, wherever they may attack us!

    Now....what does vex mean, again?
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    Image of stldoug stldoug
    09/22/09

    @OCEntertainment: I feel your pain, I for one subscribed to the RSS feed from VexOffenders.org. It's a good way to keep tabs on them.
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    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    But what about the screener copies? Most of the films that get leaked are screener copies or workprint copies, people rarely do telescreeners anymore.
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    Image of BratPAQ BratPAQ
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    turn every movie into 3d.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @BratPAQ: So even the equivalent of High School Musical will run you $18 a sitting.
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    Image of darngooddesign darngooddesign
    09/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: If you pay 18, err anything, to watch HSM you deserve to be parted from your money.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @darngooddesign: If I pay anything to watch HSM, I want you to shoot me in the face.
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    Image of TiffanyHaoiet TiffanyHaoiet
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    The same people who watch cams are the same people who are willing to watch a movie on their psp, zune or iphone. The quality isn't a priority. It's just some cheap entertainment.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment TiffanyHaoiet was starred TiffanyHaoiet was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @TiffanyHaoiet: Not quite. People who like to watch movies on their PSP, Zune or iPhone may find cams just as unacceptable as those who only watch movies on their home theaters. With a proper solid source format, watching on any of those three is vastly superior in image and sound quality, even if the dimensions are limiting.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/22/09 12:16 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of tugger82 tugger82
    09/22/09

    @TiffanyHaoiet:

    I don't watch cams, but I watch things on my iTouch.

    If I'm watching a downloaded video @ home - I care about quality.

    If I'm watching a downloaded video on my iTouch, it's because I'm on a train/bus/traveling and want entertainment. However, I still care about quality to some extent - I wouldn't watch a cam-rip on my iTouch. But, I'm not that concerned if the source material was high-def or not.
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    Image of robotsneedhugs2 robotsneedhugs2
    09/22/09

    @tugger82: iPod Touch*
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    09/22/09

    @robotsneedhugs2: Robots need hugs too*
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    Image of shooga shooga
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    Apparently they haven't heard of IR filters. They're going to waste who knows how many millions on R&D for this only to be utterly thwarted by a $10 lens filter. FAIL.
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    Image of Raidah Raidah
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    omg these dudes are as dumb as they come.

    (a) pirated copies don't come from movie screens
    (b) it only takes a lens filter to get rid of their "protection"
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Raidah was starred Raidah was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @Raidah: Re (a) A lot of the time, they do. Many screening copies are seeded to the torrents, but more often than not, the movie is a cheap cam.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/22/09 12:10 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    09/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Initially, till the R5 release. Still I don't see how this will stop anything.

    A lot of groups/individuals patch together releases from multiple sources to get the best quality they can. So the picture might be a cropped cam from Russia, but the audio might be from a cam taken in America.

    A lot of theaters worldwide won't even bother to use this system.

    This line of thinking (trying to stop cams, ie preventing piracy) shows they don't understand their audience. People will sacrifice quality to see movies they don't care that much about, or to see if it's worth the price of a ticket. Hell, people even downloaded the VHS screeners of recent movies.

    Reducing ticket prices (matinees are edging closer to $10 at my local theaters) would go a long way I think.

    My mother is disabled but a big cinemaphile and can't sit in movie theater seats anymore. She hates waiting for the DVD releases and will often settle for cams to avoid being spoiled by the rest of the world while waiting. If the industry would offer some sort of "Home Screening" Premium digital distribution service, say in the 2nd or 3rd week of release be able to view the movie in 720p once or twice before expiring for $50ish in your own home I know my mother wouldn't be only one to jump on that offer.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @RoboBagins PAX'd till he Plotz'd: Hell even I'd jump on something like that. The problem is that theaters make quite a bit off of concessions, and you being able to simply sit at home with your own store-bought junk food would undermine that business model.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of selfprofessedgeek selfprofessedgeek
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    Waste of money... As I read through the comments, some people are already trying to figure out how to beat this... Then the theatre would have to do something different, like checking bags, pockets, coats, etc before a person enters the theatre... Cavity searches are not fun
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @selfprofessedgeek: There's some theaters that already check bags to make sure you don't sneak in your own food. I avoid these places cuz I wouldn't give up squat.
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    Image of Mecharine Mecharine
    09/22/09

    In reply to Movie Theaters Will Fry Us All with Infrared to Stop Pirates
    Couldnt you just use a filter on the lense? Just polarize it enough that the IR wavelengths dont get through.
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    FredicvsMaximvs promoted this comment Mecharine was starred Mecharine was unstarred
    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    09/22/09

    @Mecharine: I don't think a polarizer is the right one, but surely you can get a good IR filter that would work. Many digital cameras already have some sort of IR filtering anyway.
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    Image of Devon Regan Devon Regan
    09/22/09

    @Mecharine: that was my thought too, but seriously who watches cams?
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Devon Regan was starred Devon Regan was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/22/09

    @Devon Regan: Anyone and everyone who downloads them off of torrents, or buys the DVD's on the street.
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