Re: Advice on behind LCD connections etc

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

True, but that was before things like the DMCA that make it seriously
illegal to even think about hacking to a closed system...

The DMCA isn't like the old anti-hacking laws...  And it's going to
spread to Europe, due to the expensive 'lobbying' that going on...

Where will it all end???

> I think Sony are prime example of how not to use 'copy protection' or
> whatever it was the attempted to do.
>
>
>
> It's the same 'ol story, someone creates a country region code for
dvd's,
> the next you can by region free players, the same goes for anything!
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>   _____
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Mal Lansell
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:26 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Advice on behind LCD connections etc
>
>
>
> Personally I'll just wait for the inevitable crack/modchip.  The media
> companies will never learn.  Sigh.
>
> Mal
>
>
> Ian Lowe wrote:
>
> >Good thoughts, up until you see...
> >
> >"HDMI supports HDCP".
> >
> >*bzzzzzt* not interested. Move along now.
> >
> >DVD is already too restricted thanks, I'm not signing up to *any*
> technology
> >which won't even display the content that you have purchased
because it
> >decides that it doesn't like the combination of devices.
> >
> >Basically, whilst I quite fancy the whole HD thing, I'm going to
> stick with
> >regular SD technology util we see rather more common sense come to
the
> whole
> >copyright/IP debacle. Of course, that may well mean no Vista, no
next gen
> >GFX cards etc... Hey, I'll live.
> >
> >I.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> >Paul Gordon
> >Sent: 21 December 2005 09:35
> >To: UKHA_D Group
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Advice on behind LCD connections etc
> >
> >FWIW, I would *definitely* put in a HDMI cable now, while you have
the
> >chance.... - I guarantee that before long, you will see MCE PC's
with
> HDMI
> >out's fitted, and graphics cards with HDMI outs can't be far away
> either...
> >The cost of a few metres of HDMI cable is as nothing to the
annoyance you
> >might feel in 2 or 3 years time when you have loads of components
> that are
> >HDMI equipped and you can't get that signal to the screen....
> >
> >Just my 2p.
> >
> >Paul G
> >
> >