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DVD screensaver (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 days ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was the exact specification of the screensaver in the DVD standards, or did many/most/all vendors just ship the reference implementation to cut costs? Did the licensing agreement mandate that the DVD logo was to be displayed unchanged, preventing them from swapping in their brand logo?

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

My guess is that there are a handful of generic DVD player controller chips that everyone used, and they just tended to have that style of screensaver built-in.