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First Blu-ray PC drive won't play Blu-ray movies -- We know {Engadget HD}
Aug 11th 2006 5:34PM Actually you don't need HDCP unless the DOT (flag that requires digital output) is set on the title and this flag is for future use. So with titles for the foreseeable future will output just fine over VGA or component. Of course this is also assuming that the ICT flag is not set. If it is set then it will be downresed to 540p. Of course most studios are not setting that flag either.
net net is that you'll be fine playing on your PC for quite a while yet even if you don't have an HDCP card
First Blu-ray PC drive won't play Blu-ray movies -- We know {Engadget HD}
Aug 11th 2006 1:12PM I think you're confusing AACS and HDCP. HDCP is the output technology which isn't required to play back a movie. What is required is AACS decryption since the movie is AACS protected. To do this you need to have the drive to support AACS and the player software to also support AACS. While WinDVD does support AACS and Cyberlink will soon it really doesn't matter since this BD drive doesn't support AACS so as the sony rep points out it can only run home authored (i.e. no AACS) BD discs. So you'll never be able to run BD movies on this drive.
