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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. My god: it's struck already! by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

  2. Wait for it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    and DVDJon, our Lord and Saviour, will break this nonsense scheme in 3..2..1..

  3. 1. Load gun. by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 4, Funny

    2. Aim at foot.
    3. Pull trigger.

    1. Re:1. Load gun. by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 5, Funny

      4. Sue gun manufacturers.
      5. Profit!

      (Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

  4. score! by justforaday · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.
  5. Re:Or maybe... by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.