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Originally Posted by Kwisatz /img/forum/go_quote.gif
It's called HDCP and yes many recent monitors do have it. And that's not Vista's fault anyhow. This is the same sort of thing that's required for HDDVD/BR disc players to output at full resolution digitally. Honestly all this DRM stuff is really overblown. DRM support doesn't just go lock down everything in sight... The content had to be designed to use the DRM to begin with. Bunch of tin-foil hat wearing people. Quite frankly I have my doubts whether a lot of the people that use the DRM thing as an excuse for not upgrading to vista would have bought it to begin with. More like "I'm not going to pirate this edition".
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I didn't know the HDCP monitors were already out there. I think I'll stick with DVI awhile longer.
Also, the problem with DRM isn't that it locks down everything in sight. The problem comes about when it's not so new n' shiny. A few years down the road, someone will change the encryption scheme because it got cracked, a company goes under/gets bought, a lawsuit forces a change, someone begins enforcing a patent, etc. etc. etc., and all of a sudden, the media you paid for is gone. Either that, or you're going to have to pay
again for an "upgrade" to keep using what you already have. What will you do when HDCP2 arrives? It will, or something like it. They'll force you to buy a HDCP2 monitor, or else your HDCP monitor will stop working.
Say the encryption scheme changes because of "piracy." All of a sudden, the movies you legitimately bought no longer work because they're "insecure." Have a problem with that? Tough. Read the license agreement and you'll see that they can turn off support any time they damn well please. And if the original company doesn't do it, the company that buys them or merges with them will change the contract and make you buy everything all over again. They can do it, it's in the license agreement.
I bought a few songs off iTunes. What if Apple changes their EULA and I have to buy something else to keep listening to them? And what if "something" happens every few years, so I have to keep paying?
DRM is really about control. If someone else holds the keys, they're not going to lock you out for no reason. Instead, they're going to twist your arm to keep the balance sheet helathy.
No thanks.