[ydl-gen] cheapest, best display for PS3

[Derick Centeno]

I'm really interested in the Cell technology, however as I learned  
more regarding the difficulties reported here I had to really  
consider whether the cost of time mastering it was worth sacrificing  
other aspects of my already limited personal life.  I'm as curious  
and dedicated as anyone else which has participated here in this and  
other discussions, in regards to technical stuff.

However, I'm also one of those who've decided that for me, the  
limitations Sony has placed on the Cell is not something I have  
enough time to fix, bypass or otherwise cure.  I could be wrong, but  
I do believe there are legal issues involved also.

I did notice that Sony developed a specific form of the program  
Folding at Home completely in-house.  The output of this program is  
absolutely beautiful, however it accesses components of the Cell  
which YDL and other Linux distributions are not allowed to use.
Reading the fine print which comes with the program is an education  
in how serious Sony is in controlling access to the Cell video output  
technology.  Yes, there is a statement that Sony may change it's view  
or stance, but I cannot hold my breath nor can I afford the financial  
leap that others have made.  So for now, I'm out of the league and  
from the looks of frustration which David has described so  
passionately - saving what hairs on my head which remain.

It is to Sony's and other companies advantage (including SCO) to drop  
or abolish DRMs or similar legalities.  I agree with Jonathan's  
posting on that topic.  However, each company will have to decide  
that doing so is in their own best interest - unfortunately that is  
like getting such companies to agree that they live on the same  
planet, breath the same air, and consume the same water and food as  
the rest of us.

I'm hopeful, just not enthusiastic.

On Feb 25, 2007, at 11:14 PM, David Seikel wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:44:58 -0600 Nathan Moore <ntmoore at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This discussion have been fantastic.  The article from
>> firingsquad.com seems to make clear why Sony won't support a plain
>> old dvi connection - it sounds like piracy problems would be
>> implicit in that opening.
>
> The computer friendly VESA modes are not available from the GameOS, so
> there is no excuse for not making them available over plain old DVI  
> with
> no HDCP.  Also, since ssh+X11 works fine for getting a Linux display
> through to a DVI monitor, saying its for anti piracy reasons is just
> blowing smoke.
>
> The thing about all this DRM and anti piracy shit is that it never
> stops the actual pirates, and hardly even slows them down.  All it  
> ever
> does is get in the way of legitimate users.  Like stopping me from
> using a PS3 as an ordinary computer on ordinary computer displays.
>
> <end rant>  It's been a frustrating day trying to automate ssh+x11 so
> that all I need to do is type my password.  I had to rant somewhere,
> this seemed like a good place.  B-)
>
> If Sony had not inflicted this HDCP crap on us in the first place, I
> would not be struggling all day with a three line script.
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