Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:56:39 -0400 jolt <ergoacess@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| Potentially less _troublesome_. Video performance of DVI is the same
| as HDMI but does not suport Digital Rights Management so is not
| trouble ( but no audio in DVI ) at all but I'm having bad feelings
| about getting a BluRay drive for the PC.
|
|
| HDCP is supported on a DVI connection as long as your video card and drivers
| supports it. I play HD DVD and BR via DVI from a computer all the time,
| which requires a confrimed HDCP complaint connection to do with Power DVD.

There is no real distinction between DVI and HDMI, except that the latter
includes audio. If HDCP is going to also restrict the audio, then DVI would
be a problem for it since audio in that case generally is a pair of analogs.

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