HDCP Compliant vid card + Blue Ray ROM + Component output = DRM HEll BOOOOOOooooOOoo!!!ooooOOOoO!!!oOOOO

[Qianglong]

So if i get a BlueRay Rom for my HTPC and it is hooked up to my RPTV that only supports 1080i, will the movies be downgraded to 480p?

 

[Roguestar]

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=67

^ These guys will know.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Qianglong
So if i get a BlueRay Rom for my HTPC and it is hooked up to my RPTV that only supports 1080i, will the movies be downgraded to 480p?

Software can bypass all the anti-user schemes. But even in lieu of that, 1080i analog remains possible with existing content. In a few years, discs may be published with Image Constraint Token to restrict such output to 540p.

P.S. it's "Blu-ray Disc" or "BD" for short. BD-ROM is inferred.

 

[Saga]

So we lose HD-DVD just to gain Sony's forced DRM and limitations?

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Izusaga
So we lose HD-DVD just to gain Sony's forced DRM and limitations?

What's the difference?

 

[sdifox]

AnyDVD HD is your friend

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: Izusaga
So we lose HD-DVD just to gain Sony's forced DRM and limitations?

Both formats have the same HDCP requirements. :roll:



On a computer, you must use a dvi or hdmi connection to an hdcp monitor or tv.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: cubby1223

Originally posted by: Izusaga
So we lose HD-DVD just to gain Sony's forced DRM and limitations?

Both formats have the same HDCP requirements. :roll:

But clearly one multinational conglomerate and associates are e-vil whilst the other multinational conglomerate and largely the same associates are goodness and light.