“By 2005, devices were developed and freely sold in countries without restrictions on copyright circumvention.

Where is the free market if everyone needs to be running Intel + Microsoft or Apple in order to get good quality out of “high definition” media? Did you notice the part about low quality if you don’t use a compatible device? What about the possibility of complete denial of service?Īnd what is the point to high definition if you’re only going to get lower definition without the necessary and initially expensive hardware required to play such media. It says it’s rumor, but I recall this being announced by the movie industry. Since few HDCP-capable television sets are in use, this effectively negates the purpose of HD-DVD and Blu-ray.”

If such a player is connected to a non-HDCP-enabled television set, the player will either output a downsampled 480p signal or nothing at all. “It is rumored that HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc players will only output full-resolution signals using HDCP.

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