The Great HDCP Fiasco

Post by **netrex** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:31 pm

Thought you might wanna know.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati ... p_support/

You want to know a secret? None of the current ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards will support the full capabilities of Windows Vista.

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As part of the Windows-Vista Ready Monitor article, I was going to publish a list of all of the graphics cards that currently support HDCP. I mean, I remember GPUs dating as far back as the Radeon 8500 that had boasted of HDCP support.

Turns out, we were all deceived.

Post by **Fender** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:47 pm

I've never watched a DVD on my computer. I will probably never watch a high-def DVD on my computer.

In short: I don't care.

Post by **DiscoDave** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:53 pm

pffftt. I wont be able to afford a large TV/monitor that can do 1980x1080 for a while yet anyway.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:15 pm

So this only affects DVD playback using BluRay or HD-DVD?

Post by **netrex** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:21 pm

I think it's only on the HD content they will provide. Didn't see anything about the normal DVD format.