Expect more premium events with recent organizational changes

Gringrinngghost

Gringrinngghost

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ford91exploder said:
As you say Apple's MUSIC has been DRM free for years,

Apple's VIDEO is not DRM free and I expect the disappearance of the 3.5MM jack is due to movie studio pressure to close the 'analog hole' The WWDC should be interesting if the new laptops continue the trend of removing analog I/O which if they do so will confirm that the move was to close the 'analog hole'
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Let me break this down. "I expect the disappearance of the 3.5MM jack is due to movie studio pressure to close the 'analog hole'." That statement is unequivocally false, there are many reasons behind the removal of the 3.5mm jack, and it wasn't to do with the "analog hole". Firstly, Its to save money, I can attest to personal experience of my iPod Touch headphones breaking at the base of the headphone jack, and I've taken them (when replacing my sync cable) to the Apple Store and they literally gave me the $30 dollar pair with the microphone mind you the iPod Touch comes with standard (with no microphone) headphones. So by not having to replace that common failing point on the 3.5mm jacks, it decreases the chances of products being replaced. Also if you have the same experience I did in the store, they will literally pull one of the new pair off the product wall and give them to you sans packaging because (and I was told this) "We need something to send the old pair off to corporate in." For those who didn't know, your headphones from your Apple Device do fall under AppleCare. Secondly, the lighting connector was always designed for it (such as the 30pin device was too), and actually uses adaptive tech to be able to do so (more details here). I don't intend to go into further details about the pin layout to not make this post dry. Thirdly, Apple can sell more accessories for the device. Which let's face it, I am honestly surprised that it's only 9 dollars for the lighting to 3.5mm adapter, but have you seen the prices for the other adapters they are remarkable "Lightning Digital AV Adapter $49.00 *Same price as the VGA adapter*with the other adapters hanging out around $30. Fourthly, it was to sell the Airpods. Point Blank. And lastly, with Apple's fetish about making everything small and thin, they couldn't achieve an IP67 rating without increasing the size of the headphone jack, plus they wanted the haptic feed back. From forbes on the Taptic engine "the new Taptic Engine protrudes into the space previously taken up by the headphone jack; I estimate it covers about a quarter of the jack’s depth, depending on the purpose of the three prongs just below the Taptic Engine’s main body. And it has to be there, in the bottom left of the phone; it must be near the Home button, and the speaker’s on the right side. Looking at the rest of the bezel, the speaker is also much larger and fully enclosed. Presumably this makes it louder and improves its waterproofing. There are also water-tight seals all around the rim of the phone." Which to add a final nail to this, Apple will have to drop Lighting soon as early as this year due to the new European standards (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/17/europe_approves_common_charger_standard_for_mobemakers/)

Now on to removing analogue I/O, again it was bound to happen. it is seen now as antiquated. VGA was phased out because it could only carry on the 15pins a resolution of 2048×1536px (QXGA). It was passed by DVI which at 29 pins could carry a resolution of 3,840 × 2,400 (WQUXGA) it was passed by HDMI which at 19 pins and the latest specification can carry, 10K * 120 Hz. So just looking at DVI to HDMI we went from a max bitrate of 3.96Gbit/s to 48 Gbit/s in HDMI 2.1 with the ports getting smaller. Look at USB type A to USB Type C, we are going from a one way only port to a newly reversible port that is not only meant to be future-proof, it's small enough, can carry upwards of 10 Gbit/s (Thunderbolt 3.0 carries 40Gbit/s) and upto 100W of power. Overall we are going to new standards that do aim to help us reduce e-waste. So while in this rambling it's not to close the 'analog hole'. If they we'er hell bent on closing the analog hole, CD Ripping, or being able to burn Purchased m4a files from Apple to CD would never happen. Also to be fair, most DRM is susceptible, AACS (Bluray/HD content protection) BROKEN, Denuvo (Game DRM) FRESHLY BROKEN (http://kotaku.com/in-the-war-against-game-piracy-denuvo-seems-to-be-falt-1795933151), I could go on and on. The future of DRM is actually invisible watermarking in the media industry called Cinavia which has been mandatory since 2013, which (wait for it...) was also broken in a year of it being mandatory. Also for DRM, I can easily cite wikipedia "Ironically, the biggest failure that can result from DRM is that they have a potential to increase the infringement rate of a product. This goes against the held belief that DRM can always reduce unauthorized distribution. There also seems to be evidence that DRM will reduce profits." So no matter what happens, it's a double edge sword, but I can safely say that it wasn't ever done to close the "analog hole" since digital is be rather leaky too (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369280,00.asp) it's just a way for companies to future-proof, reduce e-waste and make more money.
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

Resident Curmudgeon
Gringrinngghost said:
Let me break this down. "I expect the disappearance of the 3.5MM jack is due to movie studio pressure to close the 'analog hole'." That statement is unequivocally false, there are many reasons behind the removal of the 3.5mm jack, and it wasn't to do with the "analog hole". Firstly, Its to save money, I can attest to personal experience of my iPod Touch headphones breaking at the base of the headphone jack, and I've taken them (when replacing my sync cable) to the Apple Store and they literally gave me the $30 dollar pair with the microphone mind you the iPod Touch comes with standard (with no microphone) headphones. So by not having to replace that common failing point on the 3.5mm jacks, it decreases the chances of products being replaced. Also if you have the same experience I did in the store, they will literally pull one of the new pair off the product wall and give them to you sans packaging because (and I was told this) "We need something to send the old pair off to corporate in." For those who didn't know, your headphones from your Apple Device do fall under AppleCare. Secondly, the lighting connector was always designed for it (such as the 30pin device was too), and actually uses adaptive tech to be able to do so (more details here). I don't intend to go into further details about the pin layout to not make this post dry. Thirdly, Apple can sell more accessories for the device. Which let's face it, I am honestly surprised that it's only 9 dollars for the lighting to 3.5mm adapter, but have you seen the prices for the other adapters they are remarkable "Lightning Digital AV Adapter $49.00 *Same price as the VGA adapter*with the other adapters hanging out around $30. Fourthly, it was to sell the Airpods. Point Blank. And lastly, with Apple's fetish about making everything small and thin, they couldn't achieve an IP67 rating without increasing the size of the headphone jack, plus they wanted the haptic feed back. From forbes on the Taptic engine "the new Taptic Engine protrudes into the space previously taken up by the headphone jack; I estimate it covers about a quarter of the jack’s depth, depending on the purpose of the three prongs just below the Taptic Engine’s main body. And it has to be there, in the bottom left of the phone; it must be near the Home button, and the speaker’s on the right side. Looking at the rest of the bezel, the speaker is also much larger and fully enclosed. Presumably this makes it louder and improves its waterproofing. There are also water-tight seals all around the rim of the phone." Which to add a final nail to this, Apple will have to drop Lighting soon as early as this year due to the new European standards (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/17/europe_approves_common_charger_standard_for_mobemakers/)

Now on to removing analogue I/O, again it was bound to happen. it is seen now as antiquated. VGA was phased out because it could only carry on the 15pins a resolution of 2048×1536px (QXGA). It was passed by DVI which at 29 pins could carry a resolution of 3,840 × 2,400 (WQUXGA) it was passed by HDMI which at 19 pins and the latest specification can carry, 10K * 120 Hz. So just looking at DVI to HDMI we went from a max bitrate of 3.96Gbit/s to 48 Gbit/s in HDMI 2.1 with the ports getting smaller. Look at USB type A to USB Type C, we are going from a one way only port to a newly reversible port that is not only meant to be future-proof, it's small enough, can carry upwards of 10 Gbit/s (Thunderbolt 3.0 carries 40Gbit/s) and upto 100W of power. Overall we are going to new standards that do aim to help us reduce e-waste. So while in this rambling it's not to close the 'analog hole'. If they we'er hell bent on closing the analog hole, CD Ripping, or being able to burn Purchased m4a files from Apple to CD would never happen. Also to be fair, most DRM is susceptible, AACS (Bluray/HD content protection) BROKEN, Denuvo (Game DRM) FRESHLY BROKEN (http://kotaku.com/in-the-war-against-game-piracy-denuvo-seems-to-be-falt-1795933151), I could go on and on. The future of DRM is actually invisible watermarking in the media industry called Cinavia which has been mandatory since 2013, which (wait for it...) was also broken in a year of it being mandatory. Also for DRM, I can easily cite wikipedia "Ironically, the biggest failure that can result from DRM is that they have a potential to increase the infringement rate of a product. This goes against the held belief that DRM can always reduce unauthorized distribution. There also seems to be evidence that DRM will reduce profits." So no matter what happens, it's a double edge sword, but I can safely say that it wasn't ever done to close the "analog hole" since digital is be rather leaky too (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369280,00.asp) it's just a way for companies to future-proof, reduce e-waste and make more money.
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Yeah riggght. Replace a inexpensive globally universal connector that oh by the way is 100% recyclable as all the material used can be reclaimed.

And can be used with inexpensive passive transducers which are also 100% recyclable

Now EXPENSIVE powered partially recyclable and company specific transducers are required.

No that was closing the 'analog hole' along with a side order of profiteering
 
deWild

deWild

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Do any of the plans involving premium events involve applying "premium charges" to the rest of the resort? Maybe this is the foundation for the rumored tiered pricing of the resorts and eventually for the DVC.
 
Fable McCloud

Fable McCloud

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The idea of more special ticket events frustrates me. We're going October 15th-21st, and because they're doing MNSSHP 3/5 nights, we only have 2 nights to be able to see the Happily Ever After Fireworks, and they kick you out of the MK on Halloween party nights if you don't have a ticket. I ended up buying tickets for the final night of our trip but it was expensive for 4 people.

I know they want more guest spending, but there's got to be an alternative.
 
pax_65

pax_65

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They can do whatever they want, and I might even buy some of the premium events... but DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT take anything away from regular passholders. DO NOT cut park hours, DO NOT cut entertainment offerings, DO NOT close off attractions or park areas during regular park hours. The park admission pass should give you the same value it has always given you - the premium events should be over and above that with no impact on regular guests.
 
Fable McCloud

Fable McCloud

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pax_65 said:
They can do whatever they want, and I might even buy some of the premium events... but DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT take anything away from regular passholders. DO NOT cut park hours, DO NOT cut entertainment offerings, DO NOT close off attractions or park areas during regular park hours. The park admission pass should give you the same value it has always given you - the premium events should be over and above that with no impact on regular guests.
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I agree! That's why I'm sort of sad that the Halloween Party closes the parks early to regular ticket holders. If we hadn't bought Party tickets, we wouldn't be able to see MK fireworks on our last night of the trip (a tradition).
 

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