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<blockquote data-quote="Psionicist" data-source="post: 2509480" data-attributes="member: 1874"><p>Link 1: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/hdcp-vista.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/hdcp-vista.ars</a></p><p>Link 2: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP</a></p><p></p><p>You have probably heard about movie studios being annoyed with piracy. You have also probably heard about the new HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, that is the higher quality DVD's being worked on. As you can guess, both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will have lots of copy protection mechanisms, exactly like DVD. Unfortunately there's a problem with the latest copy protection technology being worked on. It's known as HDCP.</p><p></p><p>Unlike many other copy protecion technologies, such as the one that makes it difficult to create copies of DVD movies, this new one must be built in the TV/Monitor itself to work! Combined with Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players that also support this technology, it makes it difficult to copy the TV-show or movie or whatever is shown on the TV. Doesn't sound so bad you may think.</p><p></p><p>However! Because the player and the TV works together to make sure the content cannot be copied, you need a TV that supports the tech. In short, future HD content such as movies and TV-shows will simply not play, or play at a reduced quality, on current TV's, computer monitors and HDTV's that doesn't support the technology. This means if your current HDTV doesn't support HDCP, it will be completely useless in only a few years because it will show future HD content in DVD quality - at best. If you are unlucky the movie will not work at all on your TV.</p><p></p><p>I just bought a HDTV for $2000. Unfortunately, it does not support HDCP. So even while the store said my new TV will work for at least 5-8 years, it will not be able to play future HD content in HD quality. My new TV will be completely useless in a year or two. If I'm lucky future movies will play at DVD quality at most...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Psionicist, post: 2509480, member: 1874"] Link 1: [url]http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/hdcp-vista.ars[/url] Link 2: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP[/url] You have probably heard about movie studios being annoyed with piracy. You have also probably heard about the new HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, that is the higher quality DVD's being worked on. As you can guess, both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will have lots of copy protection mechanisms, exactly like DVD. Unfortunately there's a problem with the latest copy protection technology being worked on. It's known as HDCP. Unlike many other copy protecion technologies, such as the one that makes it difficult to create copies of DVD movies, this new one must be built in the TV/Monitor itself to work! Combined with Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players that also support this technology, it makes it difficult to copy the TV-show or movie or whatever is shown on the TV. Doesn't sound so bad you may think. However! Because the player and the TV works together to make sure the content cannot be copied, you need a TV that supports the tech. In short, future HD content such as movies and TV-shows will simply not play, or play at a reduced quality, on current TV's, computer monitors and HDTV's that doesn't support the technology. This means if your current HDTV doesn't support HDCP, it will be completely useless in only a few years because it will show future HD content in DVD quality - at best. If you are unlucky the movie will not work at all on your TV. I just bought a HDTV for $2000. Unfortunately, it does not support HDCP. So even while the store said my new TV will work for at least 5-8 years, it will not be able to play future HD content in HD quality. My new TV will be completely useless in a year or two. If I'm lucky future movies will play at DVD quality at most... [/QUOTE]
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