What killed it, well after reviewing some PS4 gameplay I noticed that it was having audio issues, like it would allow some sounds but not all. It was almost as if it was receiving a 5.1 audio output but was missing the centre channel. Even though the PS4 was set to stereo.
After trying various cables, configs, and boxes. I narrowed it down to this box. Not sure what killed it, whether it’s just old, or that it’s been powered on for over 5 years straight. But its long service will never be forgotten in the hours of Netflix and Disney Plus it passed through to my recorder.
I’m convinced it has something to do with appeasing ignorant investors.
Companies that sell these DRM schemes, or the groups of companies that come up with the “standards” and ask for a licensing fee, don’t actually believe the solution works to prevent piracy - the investors also do not believe this. They’re just happy to get a tiny fee whenever somebody in the world buys a CD, DVD, streams on Netflix, buys a monitor, a cable, a console, etc.
It’s like creating a closed source media codec, but even easier because you can justify it’s cost with fear.
I meant investors of the media publishers, not the creators of the DRM.
Publishers certainly know it doesn’t work but their investors probably demand that they “do something”.