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The Great HDCP Fiasco

Posted by Zonk on from the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.

Toasty16 writes "According to an article on Firingsquad, our shiny new Radeon and Geforce cards won't be able to play HDCP-encrypted content, even though they have been advertising HDCP support as a feature for a few generations. Want to watch that new Blu-ray movie on your custom built PC at full resolution? Sorry, retail graphics cards won't be able to do that; only OEM-built computers from Dell, Sony, HP and the like will have that functionality built in."

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  1. Re:Why they always gotta make it a fight? by paeanblack · · Score: 0, Troll

    Take the music industry for example. How many consumers know that non-RIAA or even free music exists? Were it not for word of mouth I suspect NO ONE would.

    Don't ignore the whole picture...why do people know about RIAA music but not non-RIAA music? RIAA spends money on advertising, and advertising is expensive.

    The trouble with blindly shouting, "Down with RIAA!", or ,"Labels are history!", is that you ignore the fact that someone needs to spread the news of a great new band, and someone is going to have to filter out the crap bands.

    Asking the consumer to educate themselves is unrealistic. You will get steamrolled by the competition who is selling music to the blissfully ignorant and making money hand-over-fist in the process.