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ATI Claims HDCP Then Covers Its Tracks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-so-fast-hotshot dept.

BigControversy writes "It looks like a big can of worms is being opened. The DailyTech.com is reporting that ATI sold millions of video cards knowing that HDCP support was not enabled. Despite that, the cards were sold and advertised to its customers as having HDCP capabilities. A day or two after this information was revealed, HDMI.org went completely password protected and ATI is now modifying key areas of its website, removing any mention of 'HDCP-ready'."

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  1. Big deal by the+bluebrain · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hardly think I'm the only one, but I'll be one of the first to purchase the first consumer level graphics card that puts out an HD signal to a "legacy" DVI monitor. The concept of "illegal technology" just brushes me the wrong way, and I'm confident there's some entrepreneural South Korean or Singaporian manufacturer who just isn't able to, however hard he tries, give a rat's ass about what some *AA halfway round the world thinks of their customers.

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  2. Re:This is not the first time by b1t+r0t · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ATI has promised a card does something, and then it turns out it never did. Which is why I don't buy ATI.

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    Then why are you trying to suck people into a pyramid to get a free Mac mini... which uses an ATI video chipset? I guess you'll take ATI for "free" then?

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  3. HDMI != HDCP by the+melon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You are using HDMI in place of HDCP. HDMI is simply a physical inteface. It carries the same signaling as does DVI-D with the adition of Audio over some extra wires. DVI and HDMI can very easily be converted to one annother and BOTH support HDCP signaling.

  4. Re:they won't by radixvir · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ya guys really. Forget about HDCP. I want to know why they claim H264 acceleration but then after you buy you find out here that you actually need to buy the special codec for it. IMHO, when you put H.264 acceleration on the box it should come with it!