HDFury to end sale of the classic HDMI to Analog HDfury, clear-out sale

[donaldk]

The End of HDMI to Analog HDfury!
It is with a heavy heart that we must share the sad news: All below devices will have to be removed in less than a week.

HDfury Gamer1 RGB
HDfury Gamer2 Component/Stereo
HDfury Gamer2 RGB/Stereo
HDfury2 RGB/Component/Stereo
HDfury3 RGB/Component/5.1
HDfury4 (3Dfury) HDMI/DVI-D/RGB/Component/5.1

Hurry Up, it's NOW or NEVER! Installers and integrators can still get their hands on the very last HDfury HDMI to Analog units available, we have run additional testing on all units still in stock to ensure - as always - that all purchased units are perfectly working out of the box. It is expected that the retail price on the market for these HDMI to Analog HDfury units will SKYROCKET shortly after they are removed from our catalog. We recommend anyone who plan to order some quantity in advance to test each unit at arrival so we can replace any of them immediately in case of problem.

We want to thank all our fans for their business, their friendship and their support over the years, we especially appreciated to read the encouraging comments made on various virtual places where our lawsuit was discussed. Sadly, we cannot win based on public opinion.. only a huge pile of $ can.

Please keep the business offers and partnership proposals coming to us from all around, we might eventually answer some of them positively.

That's all Folks!
What appears to be the End, may really be a new Beginning.

[donaldk]

Not even a week or a day, it's already over.
We are sorry, but in order to continue our operations, we have the regret to inform you that the below products are now unavailable to purchase. They won't be offered anymore through our website.

You will now assist in the next minutes at the erasing of a ten years old legend: HDfury.


*** We just have been informed by our legal counsel that we must pull all of the below products immediately due to a pending confidential settlement we are reaching, and that it will not, in fact, be available for the following week. However, we are making upgrades to our other available products that we are confident will make you more pleased once you try them out! An end to the products below, but new beginnings for our other products. We apologize for the confusion, if any, that the last communication caused. ***

[MrPixels]

Im guessing the analog chain is no longer the main core of their business going forward. It ran its course, they had a good run when demand was prime.

[donaldk]

Of course they are keen to protect the Integral. That is under threat, with Amazon selling HDCP convertors and even HDCP strippers, HDFury is the target, not Amazon, according to their email and blog. Of course clearing stock would have made them a nice amount, I noticed the most expensive with composite and all kinds of outputs was listed at five hundred USD, the more common ones under a hundred. The CRT projector favorite was two or was it three hundred. Sell a 100, even...

[DCI forum]

4K CONTENT PROTECTION “STRIPPER” BEATS WARNER BROS IN COURT
BY ERNESTO ON MAY 6, 2016 C: 30
BREAKING
LegendSky, a hardware manufacturer that creates devices enabling consumers to bypass 4K copy protection, has survived a crucial lawsuit. LegendSky was sued by Warner Bros. and Intel daughter company Digital Content Protection (DCP), who said the company was breaking the law, but a surprising settlement suggests otherwise.

Late last year the first pirated copies of 4K videos leaked from both Netflix and Amazon. These leaks were unusual as online 4k streams were always well protected against pirates.

Initially it was unclear how the HDCP content protection had been circumvented, but several sources suggested that one of LegendSky’s latest HDFury devices may have been involved.

This suspicion was later corroborated by a well-known Scene group, which openly thanked HDFury in their release notes.

However, not everyone was pleased with the new “pirate tool.” In fact, Warner Bros. and Intel daughter company Digital Content Protection (DCP) sued the HDFury manufacturer over its ability to “strip” the latest HDCP encryption.

The Chinese hardware manufacturer fiercely rejected these piracy claims and countersued Warner and Intel subsidiary for defamation.

In its reply, LegendSky explained that their devices do not “strip” any HDCP copy protection. Instead, the contested HDFury device merely downgrades the higher HDCP protection to a lower version, which is permitted as an exception under the DMCA.

The company further added that several HDCP licensees including Netflix, Disney, NBC and CBS have bought their devices for legitimate purposes.

It’s possible that DCP also appreciated the strength of this argument as this week the company dropped its copyright infringement claims against LegendSky. This means that the 4K integral remains for sale, despite the earlier piracy claims.

Court documents reveal nothing other than a statement signed by both parties, stating that the claims and counterclaims have been dismissed. However, LegendSky did inform its customers a few days ago referring to a settlement being reached.

“We just have been informed by our legal counsel that we must pull all of the below products immediately due to a pending confidential settlement we are reaching,” the email in question reads.

hdfury-pull
Interestingly, the products that were pulled have nothing to do with the 4K splitter that started the lawsuit. Instead, they are digital to analog converters.

In the U.S. these type of products have previously been classed as “infringing” and DCP informed the court about several of these so-called “analog hole” verdicts in an earlier filing. It therefore makes sense that puling these older products is part of the settlement.

This allows Warner Bros. and the Intel daughter company to save face, but it’s only a minor conciliation. With the 4K integral still up for sale, the Chinese hardware manufacturer has without doubt booked a moral victory in this lawsuit.

[donaldk]

Legendsky just emailed its relations, that is checking its HDMI 1.4 devices for tamper robustness, and meeting this check stock will be cleared.

If they can be tampered with they will not go on sale.

Let's see how long the sale lasts this time, the analog devices sale only lasted hours.

Email:

All devices linked below might disappear from our catalog within a week. We have to run robustness checks against tampering on them and possibly update firmware in this regard when its possible or drop the sales when robustness against tampering cannot be ensured.
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May be the End of all classic HDfury!
It was with a heavy heart that we recently reported the sad news to you: All below devices was removed from our website.

HDfury Gamer1 RGB (discontinued)
HDfury Gamer2 Component/Stereo (discontinued)
HDfury Gamer2 RGB/Stereo (discontinued)
HDfury2 RGB/Component/Stereo (discontinued)
HDfury3 RGB/Component/5.1 (discontinued)
HDfury4 (3Dfury) HDMI/DVI-D/RGB/Component/5.1 (discontinued)

Unfortunately, we now have another sad news to share with you: All below remaining devices might have to be removed within a week.

HDfury Splitter 4K UHD (HDMI1.4, up to 4K60 4:2:0 8b)
HDfury Splitter 4K UHD/PRO (HDMI1.4, up to 4K60 4:2:0 8b)
PCI-MATRIX 44UHD (HDMI1.4, up to 4K60 4:2:0 8b)
HDfury Nano GX (RGB/Gamma-X/Stereo)
HDfury 4S (Scaler) HDMI/DVI-D/RGB/Component/5.1
Dr.HDMI (HDMI 1.4 EDID Pro Tool)

As you can probably see the whole picture now, there is chance that HDfury.com will end up by carrying HDMI2.0a/HDCP2.2 Digital products only such as HDfury Integral, 4K 600MHz always working cables, and upcoming planned disruptive device such as our 1080p60 <> 4K60 UP/DOWN scaler that support (among others) advanced conversion like 4K60 4:2:0 10b > 1080p 4:4:4 10b or 4K24 4:4:4 12b > 1080p24 4:4:4 12b. We are confident that we will again bring smile ears to ears to many High End HDMI1.x and HDMI 2.x equipment owners and manufacturers shortly.

So Hurry Up, it's NOW or NEVER! Installers and integrators can still get their hands on the very last HDfury HDMI 1.x to HDMI 1.x or HDMI 1.x to Analog units available, we have run additional testing on all units still in stock to ensure - as always - that all purchased units are perfectly working out of the box. We recommend anyone who plan to order some quantity in advance to test each unit at arrival so we can replace any of them immediately in case of problem.

We want to thank all our fans for their business, their friendship and their support over the years.
Please keep the offers and partnership proposals coming to us from all around, we might eventually answer some of them positively.

There will be heavy changes in the next couple of weeks on both our catalog and our website. We hope that this present email is the last sad news we ever have to share with you.

That's all Folks!
What appears to be the End, may really be a new Beginning.