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Article by the Verge: It reports on technical difficulties encountered by movie theatre chain Alamo Drafthouse which prevented them from showing digital projections, due to software problems with Sony projectors.

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[-] explodicle@local106.com 56 points 2 years ago

I still can't believe Sony is still in business. Who's dumb enough to keep buying stuff from a company that booby-trapped their own CDs?

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you read the article, they are no longer in the business of selling theatre projection equipment.

This was probably an expired certificate. Alamo Drafthouse, like many movie theatres, probably cuts costs by not having a projectionist and lets the projectors essentially run on auto pilot, and then faced the consequences when no one noticed that their certificates had expired.

[-] explodicle@local106.com 17 points 2 years ago

Sorry to be unclear, I meant in general - so because they booby trapped their CDs, nobody should buy their anything, not just CDs and projectors.

[-] TwinTusks@bitforged.space -1 points 2 years ago

Isnt Sony still the golden standard for tvs?

[-] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Not so much with OLED being a thing. They do make OLED TVs now, but they're just buying LG panels, so it comes down to is their image processing worth twice as much for the same screen.

Their industrial design is still top-tier throughout their portfolio though.

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's crazy to think that a company like Sony makes more than just music.

[-] Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 years ago

Also interesting that Sony makes more money selling insurance and banking in Japan than they do with their music globally.

[-] explodicle@local106.com 6 points 2 years ago

They're pushing the boundaries on where to put malware!

[-] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Sorry but the booby-trapped their CDs? Could you explain further? I was not able to find out what you meant with a quick google search.

[-] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago

Back in the mid 00's their CDs had a rootkit on them that installed software to interfere with CD Copying apparently also some of them phoned home with your listening habits. Stuff was hard if not impossible to remove, used system resources, crashed computers and was a security hole, just plain shity

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

IIRC, it became widely known that Sony was doing this after malware exploiting it became widespread enough to be noticed.

[-] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thx a lot!

Holy shit thats dystopian shit.

[-] Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

They are talking about the Sony BMG rootkit.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Those fat BETAMAX royalty checks?

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

Sony has the worst cybersecurity I've seen. Hackers are constantly running wild on them

[-] andrewth09@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Theater business model as a service

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