Re: Can a CRT monitor handle HD-DVD?


"biggerdigger" <MBOX8408414666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sep 14, 8:08 pm, Frank McCoy <mcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt biggerdigger

<MBOX8408414...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We are not talking about DVI cables. OhioGuy is interested in HD-DVD.
That means, at least for Micriosoft customers, that they have to use
HDMI with HDCP. Otherwise the software will simply not play in "High-
Definition" mode. That has everything to do with DRM. There is now a
chain of encryption, from the movie on the medium, via the software
with possible check for the right to play the contents, the graphics
adapter, the CABLE and of course the monitor.

Pardon my French, but BULLSHIT!

As DaveW already pointed
out, the number of pixels is actually not that impressible. But that
does not mean that everybody can really play an HD-DVD on a regular
CRT. If you replace one component, like the cable, with an "untrusted"
one, then it is over with "High-Definition" access (unless you fix the
system yourself). Now, if we are talking about alternative solutions,
like a Linux solution plus some decryption tools etc., that is a
different story. But for 99% of the people, HD-DVD means buying into
the whole DRM/encryption mess, even replacing cables (!) and the good
old monitor.

Somebody sold you a bill of goods.
Want to buy a bridge?

The encryption and HDCP have to do with the drive and to some extent the
computer connected to the drive. The monitor and cables to the monitor
don't have shit to do with those. They DO have a lot to do with how
high a definition your computer will display; and if the combination
isn't enough, then you have the choice of not watching full HDTV or
seeing it in a windowed mode.

1650x1050 is more than enough for 720p, and almost enough for full 1080p
1900x1200 is more than enough for both.
A DVI cable is probably recommended; but not necessary.

Niether the software nor the drive even know which kind of cable you're
using.

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I find your language offensive and obviously you do not understand
this matter. Somehow that fits.

Everybody else, in particular OhioGuy, please have a look at the
following three references.
First, the Intel HDCP specifications, a bit technical, but they
explain everything, even how HDCP detection works:
http://www.digital-cp.com/

Next, a summary with fewer technical details:
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?SCID=14&CIID=39170&p=1

Last, but not least, a real world example:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41635

The bottom line is, with HD-DVD comes DRM and the need for new
hardware (not because of the number of pixels, but because of DRM
requirements). Since the software is what makes everything work
together, it is also where we need to look first for alternative
solutions.

"Thus we find in the DRM features of Vista the actualization of the darkening, dystopian
future that Richard Stallman warned us about several years ago when he renamed the Vole's
Trusted Computing as Treacherous Computing." µ



I have been preaching this stuff for 5 years, TCPA....the homebuilt computer will be in
the museum soon.





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