Subj : Re: Hola
To   : Digital Man
From : The Godfather
Date : Fri Apr 28 2023 10:49 am

 DM> When I was at Broadcom several years ago, we were integrating a smart
 DM> card (and other memory card format) reader/writer logic into our network
 DM> controllers and there was an initiative from the laptop OEMs to make
 DM> media on the smart cards available to view/read in all system/power
 DM> modes (e.g. even when the laptop was closed/sleeping). The reason being:
 DM> Hollywood was going to start distribution of movies on SD cards instead
 DM> of Blu-ray Discs and they wanted people to use their laptops as movie
 DM> viewers in low power modes (no-OS running). That never happened. It
 DM> looks like network *distribution* of media is here to stay.

That sounds like something Sony would come up with, then make it proprietary like the Beta .. So I'm assuming these smart cards would not be able to be cracked and written to or copied?  That would have been more affordable then stamping DVD's, less physical space consumed witin a retail store.  The only fail (something Sony would have up with, thinking Beta, Super Disc, and so much more ..) was requiring their hardware.  That would have been a very cool way to keep us "must have the shiny hard copy" guys happy :)  Heck, I miss Software Etc.

 DM> I've been running a Plex server for several years too and have thousands
 DM> of titles in there plus all my home movies. We get to watch my friends'
 DM> titles too. Definitely recommend it.

Can I just have your password?  Kidding.  You guys have me sold for sure.  Oh, might as well ask, why Google it, we'd have nothing to talk about; can multiple devices stream off your Plex Server at the same time? It's rare our family of 5 can ever agree on "what to watch."

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