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HighDef Content to Require New Monitors
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."
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
and DVDJon, our Lord and Saviour, will break this nonsense scheme in 3..2..1..
2. Aim at foot.
3. Pull trigger.
Score one for the little guy!
And by "little guy" I mean "multinational media conglomerate."
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
Lookit that yoyo, trying to watch content.
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He's got a box and hooked up his HDCP.
Tries to turn it on and all he gets is static.
So he throws it back in his hovercar.
refrain I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.
I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.
He can't use it to watch his microwave oven.
It won't show Showgirls in wide-screen full DPI.
But he don't worry cause he's really stupid.
So he shalls out another $1000 for an extra day.
refrain I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.
I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.
Can't watch anime from Japan cause he's in North America, can't watch Italian soap operas if he's in Germany, can't even watch the Olympics in High Def, cause they won't let you see the CBC in DC
refrainI ditched my, I ditched my, I ditched my HDCP.
I ditched my, I ditched my, I ditched my HDCP.
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can you say refund?
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IF it is transparent, and (s)he has to spend no extra money on new equipment. But judging by the fragility of many of the new DRM schemes being tried out, I doubt DRM will end up being so smooth and transparent as to not upset the Wal-Mart crowds. After sufficient returns of Scream 10 because Bubba "The Tooth" McFartsy couldn't play it on his 19" Orion TV because its DRM was incompatible with his Memorex Blu-Ray player, which was three firmware versions behind and required a broadband connection to update itself (which Bubba of course doesn't have), Wal-Mart may just have to back off supporting such Bubba-defying DRM schemes.
You would need fucking good eyesight, so I doubt they would enforce that... or would they?
Note that doing so, is against the law in every single state in the US. If you're caught doing it (or owning a copy of libdvdcss), you can be prosecuted for it.
Sure, but you'll need to make sure you have a government approved electrical pulse generator implanted into your hippocampus and motor cortex to prevent you forming long term memories or making any copies while doing so.
you'll need to make sure you have a government approved electrical pulse generator implanted into your hippocampus and motor cortex to prevent you forming long term memories or making any copies while doing so.
Damn. Dubya always gets the most advanced technology long before the regular citizens do.