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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3322662" data-attributes="member: 2477">The way HDCP works, is that every component of the system has to recognize the DRM. They're afraid that pirates could send the signal to an unprotected system and do something or... something.So, if you buy a BluRay player, your TV, your audio system, your <whatever else> all has to have the HDCP setup.If you buy Windows Vista, a BluRay drive and go to play stuff, your video card, your monitor, your speakers, whatever. All of it has to have the same DRM setup.It was a big issue because not all HDTV's have the setup required for the DRM.Not sure if you're familiar with the DRM thing from back when PDF books were popular. It's a similar situation. You have Format guys (BluRay, HDDVD) and Content Guys (Movie studios, etc) who have come up with a scheme that makes them feel super special. The consumer's desires don't matter, because I'm sure they figure we're all retarded and will buy regardless.How this affects Vista, is that in order for MS to use these formats, they have to use the DRM that goes with it. (I believe the DRM is also hard-coded into the actual Drives also).</blockquote>