Possible new Pine64 product - Pine Blue Ray DVD Linux tv box

[Omnios]

Hi have been thinking a lot lately that it would be nice to have a Linux or Android OS Blue Ray , DVD . Multimedia TV box about the size of a mac mini with a Blu-ray, DVD player and tv media software witch would be more powerful than existing TV boxes. Generally would have Blue-Ray , DVD abilities but also smart Tv abilities similar in function to the Roku box but also have a hard drive and a working web browser and other computer functions that would be useful for use with a TV. Also should have flex abilities and possibly a onboard hard drive to play video files for tv. Generally would result in a product that would be more desirable to a DVD , Bule-Ray player and a Roku Box. As for software there are a few Linux based media suits that may work well with this product. I can see a large amount of sales for this product as it would be more desirable than an Apple Tv or Roku product or other media boxes available online and also include the DVD and or Blue-Ray player.

[KC9UDX]

I use a Vero 4k with a portable DVD player. I can't imagine Pine64 making a product that could outsell that.
Really, I can't picture a new product with an inbuilt physical media player these days.

I don't know how a RockPro 64 compares to the Vero; but if it weren't for the Vero, I would just use a RockPro.

[Kevin Kofler]

I think a big blocker for this would be all the legal uncertainty around copy protection and the tools to decode protected discs without a proprietary licensed implementation. Pretty much all commercial DVDs and BluRay discs are copy-protected.

[Omnios]

Yes probably be limited for copying discs but other problem would be Blue-Ray royalties for Blu-Ray playback license.

[Kevin Kofler]

Despite the name, copy protection is not just about copying. You also need to decrypt the discs to play them. So a playback license and a license for the copy protection are essentially the same thing. And those licenses are inherently incompatible with Free Software, so the only FOSS playback applications are unlicensed.

[Omnios]

Despite the name, copy protection is not just about copying. You also need to decrypt the discs to play them. So a playback license and a license for the copy protection are essentially the same thing. And those licenses are inherently incompatible with Free Software, so the only FOSS playback applications are unlicensed.

Ok makes sense so not a good idea lol