DRM "Sucking the life" out of your batter

?I saw this article on Endgadget about test that show how strong DRM significantly using more power on mp3 devices and thought ya'll might find it of interest. http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/6/is...ur-mp3-player/?"tests conducted by CNET, strong DRM "not only slows down an MP3 player but also sucks the very life out of them." CNET found that the extra processing power required to check licenses and decode protected tracks could cut battery life by as much as 25%. In tests conducted on a Creative Zen Vision M"

Daniel-CL wrote:
Trey69,
The problem I have with their "testing" is that they compared DRM protected WMA tracks with MP3 encoded tracks. That is two entirely different formats with different processing needs. How does that equate to DRM causing the lowered battery life.
A valid test would change one variable. DRM. Thus, test battery life between DRM protected WMA's and non-DRM protected WMA's.
Daniel
That is certainly true. However, the basic point of the article is that WMA copy-protected tracks (which are played by everyone who use on-line music services or who download music from many of the on-line stores) cause much lower battery life than what is advertised by the device manufacturers. Yes, it doesn't parse out how much is due to WMA and how much is due to the copy protection, but it is certainly useful information to know when reading battery-life specs. As I noted above, one of the more common subjects on this thread have to do with the difference between advertised battery life and actual battery life.

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