On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:03:55 -0500
Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > problem, UDI includes HDCP, which is a bad thing
Apropos why not use a HDMI-in instead of a DVI-in?
Advantages would be to have a connector that might
get signals from future VCR and DVD systems and becaus
of its backwards compatibility we still could connect
a DVI port over an adapter. Disadvantages are that
it's a lot more complicated than DVI (dual channel
plus double speed = 4 times the bandwidth)
> It has been reverse-engineered, but I don't know what the legal
> ramifications are.
Highly dependent on the country you live in. While some
disallow any tempering with encrypted data (DMCA&Co) others
allow to do anything with media streams you recieved over
the ether or bought in a shop, as long as it stays private
only.
> Worst-case scenario, there'll be an external chip
> on our boards that does the conversion. But I believe that HDCP has
> an unprotected mode.
HDCP does not, if i understood waht i've read about it correctly,
but HDMI does.
(Beside that HDCP is a protocol to run over HDMI&Co)
> Also, if the EFF and FSF do their jobs right, and consumers speak by
> preferring to buy monitors without a handicap, this shouldn't be a
> problem for us.
There wont be any to buy :(
The only way to tell MPAA&Co that CSS, HDCP and the like are
BS^2 is to reverse engineere them and make the tools to circumvent
them publicly available.
Attila Kinali
--
wer soviel schoggi isst, kann sowieso nicht dumm sein ;-)
-- Sandra
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