Menlyn opens Sony Centre

[tinman]

First Sony Centre in Africa is up and running

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[foozball3000]

Woohooo! Do they sell PS3's for R3000?

 

[PeterCH]

Woohooo! Do they sell PS3's for R3000?

Wonder if they sell the Sony PMWEX1 XDCAM EX for R 6000 x 10 (exchange rate to dollars)?

That is the best full HD camera to get under the $54.000K (Panasonic Varicam HD)

 

[Nod]

I've been to the one in Berlin. Nice to play with all the different toys

 

[LazyLion]

Sony can bite me. Drop the prices of your darn Blu-Ray players and remove all that DRM crap.

 

[foozball3000]

Sony can bite me. Drop the prices of your darn Blu-Ray players and remove all that DRM crap.

What's the DRM crap?

 

[Messugga]

Used to work in a Sony Centre in the UK. Was fun getting to play with the nice toys all day long
Best part of my life so far and the pay wasn't too bad either. Well, for someone who just finished matric.

 

[Nod]

What's the DRM crap?

DRM

 

[Shadow Dragon]

if this means we can bypass Ster Kinekor WOOTS

 

[LazyLion]

What's the DRM crap?

Read here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

Digital rights management

The Blu-ray Disc format employs several layers of digital rights management.
AACS decryption process

Advanced Access Content System (AACS) is a standard for content distribution and digital rights management. It is developed by AS Licensing Administrator, LLC (AACS LA), a consortium that includes Disney, Intel, Microsoft, Matsu****a (Panasonic), Warner Bros., IBM, Toshiba and Sony.

Since appearing in devices in 2006, several successful attacks have been made on the format. The first known attack relied on the trusted client problem. In addition, decryption keys have been extracted from a weakly protected player (WinDVD). Since keys can be revoked in newer releases[60], this is only a temporary attack and new keys must continually be discovered in order to decrypt the latest discs. This cat-and-mouse game has gone through several cycles and as of August 2008 all current decryption keys are available on the Internet.

BD+ was developed by Cryptography Research Inc. and is based on their concept of Self-Protecting Digital Content.[61] BD+ is effectively a small virtual machine embedded in authorized players. It allows content providers to include executable programs on Blu-ray Discs. Such programs can:[58]

* examine the host environment, to see if the player has been tampered with. Every licensed playback device manufacturer must provide the BD+ licensing authority with memory footprints that identify their devices.
* verify that the player's keys have not been changed.
* execute native code, possibly to patch an otherwise insecure system.
* transform the audio and video output. Parts of the content will not be viewable without letting the BD+-program unscramble it.

If a playback device manufacturer finds that its devices have been hacked, it can potentially release BD+-code that detects and circumvents the vulnerability. These programs can then be included in all new content releases.

The specifications of the BD+ virtual machine are available only to licensed device manufacturers. A list of licensed adopters is available from the BD+ website.

The first titles using BD+ were released in October 2007. Versions of the BD+ protection have been circumvented by various versions of the AnyDVD HD program, although then subsequent titles have included countermeasures that correct the vulnerabilities.

BD-ROM Mark is a small amount of cryptographic data that is stored separately from normal Blu-ray Disc data. Bit-by-bit copies that do not replicate the BD-ROM Mark are impossible to decode. A specially licensed piece of hardware is required to insert the ROM-mark into the media during replication. Through licensing of the special hardware element, the BDA believes that it can eliminate the possibility of mass producing BD-ROMs without authorization.

 

[wernerhp]

Well, the Sony Centre look very nice. Lots of gadgets and all...PS3 are prices at R5799, which is way crazy! Kalahari.net has it for R5199 and I've checked, it's exaclty the same. Sony Centre did have some nice opening day specials though. Unfortunately no PS3s...I did however get a 40" Full HD Bravia for R8999 (RRP R14999) and they had Blue-ray players for about R2k. Was limited stock though.

 

[Brawler]

I did however get a 40" Full HD Bravia for R8999 (RRP R14999) and they had Blue-ray players for about R2k. Was limited stock though.

I wish they would open one up here.

 

[PAYBACK]

I was in the Sony Centre NYC, electronic eye candy heaven Wife had to take the credit card away from me.