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The Dark Side of HDCP - Why is My PS3 Blinking?
FloatsomNJetsom writes "High Definition Content Protection is supposed to make sure you're not playing pirated content, but sometimes your devices screw up the HDCP 'handshake' (over an HDMI cable) and nothing works. This happens with some regularity with the PS3, and Popular Mechanics investigated and found a quick and dirty workaround. From the article: 'We then checked with Leslie Chard, president of HDMI Licensing, which owns the rights to the standard, who told us that HDCP is one component of HDMI that has been plagued with interoperability issues. HDCP (high-bandwidth digital content protection) is designed to prevent the interception of data — specifically copyrighted Hollywood movies — between an output component and a display. As Steve Balough, the president of Digital Content Protection, the licensing company for HDCP explains, the two pieces of hardware must exchange a key, a sort of certificate of authenticity unique to each individual device, to verify a secure connection.' The problem isn't limited to the PS3 — many HDTV cable boxes and have the same problem. The fix there? Unplugging the power cable."
No one cares anymore. The endless FUD has either driven people away to console news/discussion sites with actual gaming news or made existing Slashdot readers so immune that the desired effect of trying to drive gamers away from the PS3 has little effect.
The PS3 is selling at a faster rate than the PS2 and the European launch is set for March 23rd. The gaming world has spoken and they don't give a damn about 'Yet Another Zonk PS3 FUD Article' - they're too busy playing insane 40 player lagfree Resistance matches...
Actually, me and a lot of people even in this forum use an LCD monitor for game consoles. You're short 100% now.