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.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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.