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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 02/14/06 06:08
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:38:34 -0500, Gene S. Berkowitz
<first.last@comcast.net> Gave us:
>In article <1139841188.429204.111320@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>evilninjax@yahoo.com says...
>>
>> Modemac wrote:
>> > http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/12/only_big_companies_p.html
>> >
>> > Apparently, the so-called "anti-piracy" mesasures being put into place
>> > will only allow the new high-definition DVDs to play onPCs manufactured
>> > by Sony, Dell, or other mega-corporations. If you have a custom-built
>> > PC, or if you dared to install your DVD-ROM drive yourself, you may be
>> > out of luck.
>>
>> This doesn't sound right to me. First of all, Dell computers USE ATI
>> and nVidia cards (as well as onboard video).
>
>OEM cards made by ATI for Dell, et al. apparently have/will have the
>EEPROM necessary to contain the HDCP license keys. Retail versions of
>the ATI boards don't.
>
>nVidia, who only makes the GPU chips, not boards, is not the source of
>the problem. Supposedly, the reference design nVidia supplies to board
>makers for use with their chips DOES include the required EEPROM.
>
Wouldn't they be using a fusible flash chip these days? EEPROM
sounds at least five years out of date.
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