All about PlayReady 3.0, Microsoft's secret plan to lock down 4K movies to your PC | PCWorld

All about PlayReady 3.0, Microsoft’s secret plan to lock down 4K movies to your PC It’s movie night, 2016. A crop of teens streams through the kitchen, snagging chips and drinks as they head downstairs to watch the latest blockbuster on the new 4K monitor. There’s excited chatter as the movie begins to play, then— “Dad?! What’s going on? Why do we have to watch this movie in crappy standard-def?”