HighDef Content to Require New Monitors

HighDef Content to Require New Monitors 607

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:05PM from the upgrade-fever dept.

QT writes "Ars Technica has an interesting article on how HDCP figures into Microsoft and Apple's future OS plans. Not only will future HD content not play in pure HD on most existing monitors (it will be degraded, or not shown at all), but high-end monitors today don't support HDCP yet. HDCP has been coming for 3+ years, but geek fantasy items such as Apple's $3,000 30" Cinema Display don't even have support for it yet! The end result is that when Windows Vista ships (and Apple's next OS), most people won't be able to watch protected HD content on their computers."

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My god: it's struck already! (Score:5, Funny)

by gardyloo ( 512791 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:06PM (#13374562)

Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

Wait for it... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:07PM (#13374577)

and DVDJon, our Lord and Saviour, will break this nonsense scheme in 3..2..1..

1. Load gun. (Score:5, Funny)

by pair-a-noyd ( 594371 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:09PM (#13374596)

2. Aim at foot.
3. Pull trigger.

Re:1. Load gun. (Score:5, Funny)

by R3d M3rcury ( 871886 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:13PM (#13374628) Journal

4. Sue gun manufacturers.
5. Profit!

(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

score! (Score:5, Funny)

by justforaday ( 560408 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:15PM (#13374647)

Score one for the little guy!

And by "little guy" I mean "multinational media conglomerate."

Oh The Humanity (Score:3, Funny)

by MightyMartian ( 840721 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:17PM (#13374661) Journal

You mean I'll have to turn on my TV to watch shows?!?! Oh the humanity!

I Want My HDCP ... (Score:3, Funny)

by WillAffleckUW ( 858324 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:29PM (#13374751) Homepage Journal

Lookit that yoyo, trying to watch content.
He's got a box and hooked up his HDCP.
Tries to turn it on and all he gets is static.
So he throws it back in his hovercar.

refrain I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.
I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.

He can't use it to watch his microwave oven.
It won't show Showgirls in wide-screen full DPI.
But he don't worry cause he's really stupid.
So he shalls out another $1000 for an extra day.

refrain I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.
I want my, I want my, I want my HDCP.

Can't watch anime from Japan cause he's in North America, can't watch Italian soap operas if he's in Germany, can't even watch the Olympics in High Def, cause they won't let you see the CBC in DC ...

refrainI ditched my, I ditched my, I ditched my HDCP.
I ditched my, I ditched my, I ditched my HDCP.

.

.

.

can you say refund?

Re:Good (Score:4, Funny)

by uradu ( 10768 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:29PM (#13374752)

IF it is transparent, and (s)he has to spend no extra money on new equipment. But judging by the fragility of many of the new DRM schemes being tried out, I doubt DRM will end up being so smooth and transparent as to not upset the Wal-Mart crowds. After sufficient returns of Scream 10 because Bubba "The Tooth" McFartsy couldn't play it on his 19" Orion TV because its DRM was incompatible with his Memorex Blu-Ray player, which was three firmware versions behind and required a broadband connection to update itself (which Bubba of course doesn't have), Wal-Mart may just have to back off supporting such Bubba-defying DRM schemes.

Re:Crack (Score:3, Funny)

by phalse phace ( 454635 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:29PM (#13374756)

A week?

You don't seem to have much faith in us...

Re:Damn copy protection... (Score:3, Funny)

by Skiron ( 735617 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:34PM (#13374789)

You would need fucking good eyesight, so I doubt they would enforce that... or would they?

DRM is just another way of saying (Score:2, Funny)

by WillAffleckUW ( 858324 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:43PM (#13374857) Homepage Journal

nothing left to lose ... [copy completed]

I'm so disappointed. (Score:3, Funny)

by Typingsux ( 65623 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @05:44PM (#13374864)

I really wanted to see the matrix once again in super HD, and get an even better look at Morpeus's pockmarks. Here's to dropping 3K on a new monitor so I can!

Boston HDTV Party (Score:2, Funny)

by Archalien ( 197877 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @06:01PM (#13374978)

For some reason a Boston HDTV Party comes to mind.

Capitalism is just like Democracy: a majority of idiots put abusers of power into power by buying what they were selling.

It's a system of the people and in order for it to work some people have to lose. Now, who wants to draw straws? :)

Re:more of the same (Score:4, Funny)

by hacker ( 14635 ) writes: <hacker@gnu-designs.com> on Monday August 22, 2005 @06:40PM (#13375212)

If you use *nix you can watch "protected" DVDs using any number of players such as Mplayer or Ogle, and libdvdcss for authentication.

Note that doing so, is against the law in every single state in the US. If you're caught doing it (or owning a copy of libdvdcss), you can be prosecuted for it.

Re:Or maybe... (Score:4, Funny)

by Fweeky ( 41046 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @06:43PM (#13375230) Homepage

Sure, but you'll need to make sure you have a government approved electrical pulse generator implanted into your hippocampus and motor cortex to prevent you forming long term memories or making any copies while doing so.

Re:1. Load gun. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @07:11PM (#13375429)

That's not funny.
Mostly because it would work.

Re:Or maybe... (Score:5, Funny)

by gardyloo ( 512791 ) writes: on Monday August 22, 2005 @07:11PM (#13375430)

you'll need to make sure you have a government approved electrical pulse generator implanted into your hippocampus and motor cortex to prevent you forming long term memories or making any copies while doing so.

Damn. Dubya always gets the most advanced technology long before the regular citizens do.

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My god: it's struck already! (Score:5, Funny)

Wait for it... (Score:5, Funny)

1. Load gun. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:1. Load gun. (Score:5, Funny)

score! (Score:5, Funny)

Oh The Humanity (Score:3, Funny)

I Want My HDCP ... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Good (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Crack (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Damn copy protection... (Score:3, Funny)

DRM is just another way of saying (Score:2, Funny)

I'm so disappointed. (Score:3, Funny)

Boston HDTV Party (Score:2, Funny)

Re:more of the same (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Or maybe... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:1. Load gun. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Or maybe... (Score:5, Funny)

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