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=== HDMI === | === HDMI === | ||
The idea that computer interconnects are designed with encryption to stop the user tampering with the signal, to limit people creating digital copies regardless of intention (legal personal use), how certain devices can not work with it and it can cause other devices to work less optimally (lower resolution output). | The idea that computer interconnects are designed with encryption to stop the user tampering with the signal, to limit people creating digital copies regardless of intention (legal personal use), how certain devices can not work with it and it can cause other devices to work less optimally (lower resolution output). HDMI is an uncompressed datastream to make it harder to capture and store. | ||
In [http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=726&tag=trunk;content Windows Vista], playing anything that the operating system decided was 'protected content' - the 'ding' of an alert box, for example - would instantly slow your network down to 1% of its full speed and disable various other communications devices for the duration. The theory behind this was to stop you being able to copy the 'protected content' off the machine in real time. This was regardless of whether your monitor or speakers were using HDCP. | In [http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=726&tag=trunk;content Windows Vista], playing anything that the operating system decided was 'protected content' - the 'ding' of an alert box, for example - would instantly slow your network down to 1% of its full speed and disable various other communications devices for the duration. The theory behind this was to stop you being able to copy the 'protected content' off the machine in real time. This was regardless of whether your monitor or speakers were using HDCP. |