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  1. Re:"TrustedTV(tm) by gaderson · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Intel To Produce Cheap LCoS Chips
    Well, any display with a DVI/: HDCP (as developed by Intel), or HDMI connection, or IEEE 1394 (Firewire/iLink) with 5C.

    Mitsubishi have Firewire, most new displays have DVI w/HDCP, and the DVD players that upconvert to HD resolutions are only output over their HDCP enabled DVI ports! Granted, at present HDCP is rather kludgy, have read articles on problems connecting with the latest boxes and displays. Not to mention the test channel on DirecTV that doesn't always work.

    Also, 5C works, since you can't record a D-Theater movie (warning flash), to a computer with a firewire port, or use the VGA connector from the Samsung SIR-T165 firewire STB when playing a tape. Oh, you say that's not fair use, but, it's just a glorified VHS tape, so how robust is that? Are you not allowed to make a backup of your flimsy tape?

    And, in the last year or so one of the cable companies in New York "accidentily" enabled 5C copy-never on their cable boxes.

    DRM for HD is just getting started. Can't wait for the Broadcast Flag.

    But, back to the article, hopefully Intel can get better yeilds since Hitachi and Mitsubishi have pulled their sets (ahh, can't find any links.) erik g

  2. Re:A big part of the equation missing by MoZ-RedShirt · · Score: 2, Informative · on HD DVD Coming Very Soon

    There is already such thing as DVI for Home Audio/Video Equipment: HDMI

    The best thing in fact HDMI is DVI. At least on the electrical and protocol level. The only difference is the plug, but there are adapters.

    So if your DVD Player has an HDMI out and your beamer has an DVI input and you have this mechanical converter it just works.
    Only drawback is that HDMI contains hooks for crypting the video signal.

    RedShirt

  3. Re:Where we can go from here... by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 2 · on EFF And MPAA On Broadcast Flags

    So the question is this: how hard is it to build a black box that takes an mpeg2 video stream over 1394 and strips it of its copy protection?

    Pretty hard, since your black box won't have a certificate issued by the DTCP certificate authority. You can read more about DTCP at the official site.

    However, it looks like the manufacturers are turning from 1394/DTCP to DVI/HDCP (and later, HDMI/DTCP). Theoretically, HDCP has been cracked, but it looks like it would take a lot of resources to actually execute the crack.