The PR api is actually cheaper than a CDM. RF1 stated they could provide Disney in 1080p, but didn't want to draw attention to the site.....they've been using PR for a long time.
jimc115
Actually no. A good PR API (I mean one with a SL3000 cert) costs a lot more monthly than a L1 API. If we directly compare the price of a PlayReady client and a SL3000 certificate to it's Widevine equivalent [a Widevine client (like pywidevine) and a L1 CDM (private key + client id)], the PlayReady one is going to cost 10x more than the Widevine one.
They seemed to say that they could download 4K from Netflix or Amazon through playready, but they didn’t do that either, so as not to attract attention
bricks
I really very highly doubt that. PR APIs that can do Netflix 4K is almost non-existent. I very well know many high end PR API sellers but non of them offer support for NF 4k as it is really risky. (Not all PlayReady certs are allowed for NF 4k and licensing NF 4k poses a REALLY great risk for the cert). Amazon 4k is fairly easy to do with almost any PR API. Also licensing NF 4k or even 1080p for that matter through PlayReady is not possible without a proper Netflix client (code) because the PSK/MGK handshake mechanism is different than Widevine and only a few people on earth have it.
So if they ever stated that they can do NF 4K, that would be a lie.
