HDCP Is Dying Off Already?

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In my web searches for a new monitor I came across this bit in Behardware. It sounds like HDCP might not even get off the ground. Am I reading this right? I don't see this sort of thing in other recent news.


" We informed everyone at the beginning of the year that according to several manufacturers the real time encrypting norm was about to be released for graphic cards, monitors and new HD media, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. This norm imposed by the movie industry and developed by Intel and Microsoft amongst others was supposed to degrade or simply prevent the display of movies on monitors that weren´t compatible with this norm.

There was a change of direction. If this norm was supposed to be released in mid-2006, it is postponed until…2010 according to Microsoft. According to them, we are assured not to see it for the next 2 to 3 years, probably 4 or maybe even 6. We even heard 2012, which could also mean that HDCP could be replaced by an even more intelligent norm. They are in a very good position to see that the last generation of consoles Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 will soon have HD players and aren´t necessarily compatible with HDCP. The Xbox 360 or entry level PS3 don’t even have digital output.
According to Microsoft, you won´t necessarily have to have a HDCP monitor, unless you are planning on using it for more than 4 years and want to watch HD movies. But in this case, is a 19" diagonal really appropriate? It would probably be better to get a 20, 24 or even a 30 inches"


http://www.behardware.com/articles/643-2/19-lcd-survey-of-inexpensive-and-quality-screens.html
 
Yes I think this is true. The idea that we will start to see hdcp in 4 years or so. I don't really see it being an issue cause we all ready have hdcp monitors and video cards, plus if you upgrade your hardware you should have hdcp.
 
The PS3 has HDMI out in both 20gb and 60gb forms. DHCP is in many device now so I can't see them not using it ever.
 
DHCP is for routers but I say it too when I mean HDCP (too many letters these days lol).

The funny thing is I wanted a new monitor 6 months ago but I kept reading "well you'll want to have HDCP for the future" - but hardly any monitors had it so I waited. I also saw ATI getting major media reaming because ATI said their cards were HDCP compliant when they weren't. When I went to Circuit City and Best Buy etc. the staff never even heard of HDCP.

Now that HDCP is finally all over the boards and in articles and on websites, I come across a little article that says no HDCP until 2010 - maybe never. LOL. We got people talking about bird flu and nukes and the collpase of the dollar but gash nagit I got HDCP if I need it 2012. Priceless.
 
New monitors and graphics cards simply need to start coming with hdmi ports. No HDCP enabled DVI or DisplayPort bullcrap, just HDMI and a DVI-I is sufficient for all scenarios.
 
The person who wrote this article is totally misinformed. The thing that's not going to get used until 2012 is the Image Constraint Token (ICT) which concerns HD video via an analogue cable getting downscaled to SD (480p). HDCP is enabled now and concerns HD video via a digital cable.

HDCP will probably be no big deal to people who buy an HDTV and a HD-DVD/BluRay player. People who buy a HD-DVD/BluRay player for their PCs on the other hand I can see getting extremely annoyed because their graphics card and/or monitor doesn't quite support it. I just bought a graphics card that says HDTV Ready on the box, now I know this doesn't mean it supports HDCP and I don't care but I can imagine some people going crazzy when their videos don't play because of stupid little things like this.
 
No doubt the copyright protection measures will have a workaround if not already but lets be more concerned about manufacturers getting their act together first and actually make a monitor that plays a quality movie without one issue or another.
 
I forget where I saw it, but a few months back there was a news item stating that someone had figured out how to break the HDCP encryption.
 
The 'breaking' of hdcp was merely very fast screen captures of evey hdcp frame and piecing it all together to form a hd movie. Hey whatever works right ;)
 
Heh, well, I didn't say it was efficient or even a workable solution :p Thanks for pointing it out, though :D
 
Well, according to the Mayan calendar, the world is supposed to end in 2012. So by then it shouldn't really matter.
 
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