Re: Re: 30" LCD Recomendations? Sky HDTV Compatible

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Gordon wrote:

> I may be wrong on any number of these points, and of course until it
> actually arrives, some of the requirements may be subject to change,
> but based on what I've read so far, this is my take on the whole
thing...
>
> HDMI *is* HDCP compliant as part of the standard, so if a device has
> an HDMI port, it will therefore, support HDCP proctected content...


http://www.hdmi.org/consumer/faq.asp

> What is HDCP?
> HDCP is a content protection technology available for use in
> connection with HDMI that was developed by Intel Corporation (with
> input from Silicon Image). HDCP is not licensed by HDMI Licensing,
> LLC, but by Digital Content Protection, LLC (a subsidiary of Intel).
> The rates for HDCP are an annual fee of fifteen thousand dollars
> (US$15,000) plus a per unit fee of: US$0.005 per "device
key"
> purchased (to enable encryption/decryption). Licensing information is
> available at www.digital-cp.com


"available for use in connection with"...

>
> You can also get Hi Def over a DVI connection, *IF* the DVI connection
> is also HDCP compliant. - HDCP is *not* part of the DVI standard (DVI
> predates HDCP by a number of years), - however, HDCP has been
"bolted
> on" to the DVI ports on some devices/by some manufacturers in
order to
> be HD ready on their existing kit...


Yep. The same applies to HDMI.


Jim