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HighDef Content to Require New Monitors

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the upgrade-fever dept.

QT writes "Ars Technica has an interesting article on how HDCP figures into Microsoft and Apple's future OS plans. Not only will future HD content not play in pure HD on most existing monitors (it will be degraded, or not shown at all), but high-end monitors today don't support HDCP yet. HDCP has been coming for 3+ years, but geek fantasy items such as Apple's $3,000 30" Cinema Display don't even have support for it yet! The end result is that when Windows Vista ships (and Apple's next OS), most people won't be able to watch protected HD content on their computers."

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  1. I bought this awesome VCR a while back... by ThinkFr33ly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's great. High quality video. I can even record my own stuff right off TV!

    I heard of this upcoming thing called DVD... supposed to be a lot better than VHS, but it will require an entirely new player! I can't even play my existing tapes on this new hardware!

    It's crap if you ask me! Down with these evil companies trying to force me to buy a new player!

  2. Re:They didn't have to put DRM in iPod. by pomo+monster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If that's your idea of DRM, it really sounds like you're going out of your way to find fault here.