Posted by chrisv on 01/04/07 19:24

M.I.5¾ wrote:

>"chrisv" <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>>
>> Sorry, but I'm lost. I'd have sworn that HDCP has been built-into
>> digital televisions for years.
>
>It has, but the older HDCP was broken sometime in 2005. A new version had
>to be deployed or the movie distributors threatened to shun the HD formats.
>The down side is that anyone who has a TV that only supports the older HDCP
>standard really is SOOL and won't be able to view protected HD material via
>the HDMI ports. Part of the HDCP standard provides that it is not
>upgradeable.

Can you point me to some substantiation of these claims?

>> I'd have sworn that my
>> several-year-old widescreen CRT box, which is too old to have HDMI on
>> it, has a fully HDCP-compliant DVI input.
>
>If it has then it is only compliant to the older standard. HDCP was not
>common on DVI inputs.

Mine does have HDCP, no doubt the older standard. It seemed rather
common to me at the time, up until DVI was mostly replaced by HDMI
(which, of course, DVI can be adapted-to via cable).

>> Please provide proof of your assertions that HDCP has "changed" so
>> that older HDCP-compliant displays will not work.
>>
>> In any case, you can still use the component-video inputs.
>
>Except that the component video outputs are either downconverted (rare as it
>requires extra hardware) or (more usually) disabled during the playing of
>protected content. Like DVD-Audio, the disk can be coded to allow full
>resolution video output, but most content providers are unlikely to do that.

Hmm...

http://www.emedialive.com/articles/readarticle.aspx?articleid=11424#viiib

"movies are required to disclose, either on their packages or at point
of sale, if they trigger the ICT."

I guess I won't be buying movies that "trigger the ICT" (See the
"Analog Video Connections" section of the referenced Web page.)

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