Got HDCP? You might need it

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Jake @ Feb 2nd 2006 4:03PM

Chris: that's not entirely accurate (unless BRG changed their mind in the last week and I missed it) with regard to Blu-Ray (and note, I said Blu-Ray above, not HD-DVD -- but see below on that).

BluRay Group, at the suggestion of AACS, has decided to let it up to the individual studios, and thus far only Warner Bros has stated that they will not allow HD over component. So with Blu-Ray and component on either a standalone player or Vista, some of your movies will allow the machine to pass HD over component, and some will not.

HD-DVD has announced that their standalone players will not allow HD over component, but will downscale the signal. It remains to be seen, however, if Windows Vista will fully implement this restriction. Why? Because folks with non-HDCP, component only monitors won't bother upgrading to either Vista or HD-DVD. They would gain no functionality (probably lose some), and thus would have no incentive to upgrade.

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