It seems that ATI and nVidia have been using ‘marketing speak’ (read: lying) about HDCP support in their current line of cards\/chipsets. It seems that none of the shipping cards support HDCP despite indications on the manuf. web sites, and on the retail boxes that they do. <sigh><\/p>\n
What is HDCP you ask? HDPC<\/a>, or High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection, is a specificiation to control digital audio and video content as it is sent accross DVI <\/a>or HDMI <\/a>connections. Basically, it’s DRM at the physical layer. You will need an HDCP complaint video card to view HD, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD content on your shiny new Vista PC. Oh, and your display device (monitor, Plasma TV, LCD TV, projector) will need to be HDCP compliant as well.<\/p>\n When will it end? Will I have to provide a retina scan to view my time-shifted recordings of Battlestar Galactica? DNA samples to prove that I am ‘worthy’ to watch Sopranos? Hollywood truely does hate me.<\/p>\n Oh, and don’t think the folks in the music industry like me either. The RIAA has recently stated that I can not resell legally purchased digital tracks, nor can I rip my legally purchased CDs to a portable player<\/a>. Let’s just watch them try to stop me.<\/p>\n Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: Hollywood Hates You<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems that ATI and nVidia have been using ‘marketing speak’ (read: lying) about HDCP support in their current line of cards\/chipsets. It seems that none of the shipping cards support HDCP despite indications on the manuf. web sites, and on the retail boxes that they do. <sigh> What is HDCP you ask? HDPC, or … Continue reading More on HDCP, DRM and HD playback within WIndows Vista<\/span>