Our existing Nothing are going to work with High Def video, apparently. High Def video must be pumped encrypted to the monitor over an HDMI connection. So my shiny new 24" Dell LCD monitor that does 1080i will not be able to play back HD content from any source once such content becomes released.And this has nothing to do with Vista , as my monitor accepts component inputs and I can bypass the . The only thing that will stop this is if consumers reject the new format.
Vista is simply accomodating the standards that the MPAA set for itself. There is the option to include low definition 480p content on a Disc for systems that do not have HDMI, but they aren't forced to do so. Waiting for the crack to come out from Russia or somewhere soon. I believe this will kill HD content on Linux or any Open Source OS as well , since I am thinking you will need a license to write software that can operate with the Encrypted media stream and play it back, but I'm not sure about that. On 9/7/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nigel Page is a strategist with Microsoft Australia. He told APC today that > Vista would work best on a video card with more than 256MB RAM, 2GB of DDR3 > memory and a S-ATA 2 hard drive. > > "There's a LOT of encryption and decryption going on. We communicate on the > PCI Express bus in a fully encrypted format because it is considered a > public bus. > > "The downside is that all your existing flat panel monitors and projectors > aren't going to work with high-def videos in Vista. Bad news." > http://www.apcstart.com/teched/pivot/entry.php?id=6 > > -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172989 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
