On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Tod Hansmann <t...@todandlorna.com> wrote: >> On 08/16/2010 10:22 AM, Von Fugal wrote: >>> [...] HDCP is pretty much dead. It's hard to even find a TV that does HDCP >>> anymore, not that anyone would ever want to. There was a HUGE backlash >>> from consumers over that fiasco. So basically, you have blueray >>> downgrading when it's not HDMI, but HDMI isn't copy protected anyway, so >>> I suppose you could buy an HDMI switch that also outputs compenent. >>> blueray -HDMI-> switch -compenent-> TV. A little round about and >>> annoying, >>> but puts sony and their CRAP in their place. >>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_component_video (note Analog as well) > > a) HDCP is very much on HDMI. That's been one of the main digital > connections Intel wanted it working on. DVI was the only longer running > connection to support it.
> c) HDCP hasn't really been cared about much outside of Blu-Ray since > 2006, but it's still used heavily in iTunes HD content, and Sony still > seems to advocate it, though I can't find any of their actual releases > that have it. If you're using HDMI, you're pretty much protected in > this day and age anyway, though possibly not from a linux source. There > has been some talk I recall about publishers waiting on HDCP until > 2012. Certainly enough companies have licenses: > http://www.digital-cp.com/about_dcp/list Tod is correct. HDCP is so ubiquitous that nobody even looks for it. HDCP is built into every HDMI device made for years. See these Vizio specs that actually mention it. http://www.vizio.com/flat-panel-hdtvs/xvt473sv.html Von is wrong about HDCP being dead. In fact it has already taken over. Although HDCP is everywhere, it's up to content providers to actually activate/engage it's protections. That is also what Tod was talking about. Very little HD content (outside of Bluray) actually *uses* the HDCP protections, likely due to the "backlash" that Von was talking about. --lonnie /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
