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Topic: TI ICP card
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Dave Macaulay
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From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-17-2011 08:47 PM
"IS ANYBODY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CARD"
Excellent question.
First, they must have bad connectors: the universal fix for any TI based D-Cinema projector problem seems to be "reseat the ICP card", which always progresses to "physical marriage"... an intriguing idea. That means, with Barco, trying to find the Dallas key that has either been misplaced or is hidden somewhere in the projector base. You can, if wisely prepared for this eventuality, try to read the microfont numbers off the key you "misplaced" into your pocket in preparation for the day you need one at that single house in the middle of nowhere.
And you should occasionally upgrade the firmware: nobody has managed to explain to me why this is needed when the projector is working just fine as is, but it's fun to "load firmware to slot" which is, again, an intriguing idea. Of course, if you have 2.1 or a previous version running, you get to either load a few entire intermediate versions or a "load me first" version before finally loading the current version. With Christie you ignore a series of "critical" and "fatal" errors - a treat for the scofflaw. Or you forget to read the release notes, load the new version without the intermediate one(s), and win a few fun hours downloading and installing various "recovery packages" to get you back to where you started before attempting the apparently pointless upgrade.
No, I hasn't have problems with this card.
The problem is with the whole security model embraced by the industry. We are all assumed to be crooks, pirates, and schemers. Instead of the time tested open standard media that will show on any projector made since about 1929, we now get top secret, watermarked, encrypted, and time-locked data that you can only play once you've bought a hundred grand worth of equipment that will be obsolete long before you've paid for it. This is to eliminate those pesky pirate movie DVDs you can buy just about anywhere - the ones that are very nice quality, thank you, and appear before the damned movie ever opened in an actual theatre where anyone could have taped it.
Has anyone ever been apprehended using the watermarking? Has anyone ever actually cracked the FIPS140-2 level 2 board that we had to replace with a $$$ FIPS140-2 level 3 board? Have these people been watching too many movies?
Of course you can sign up for someone else to pay for the new obsolete equipment. - if you have 3+ screens and a minimum 2 shows a night - but they'll be watching every minute of every day and if you run a test show to make sure everything is OK before your sold-out premiere you will have to explain why... and don't dare to make a few bucks with video game parties or satellite events without paying them a small fortune to use their projector.
I do kinda miss changing projector oil and reversing sprockets. Life was so much simpler.
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