More consumer-hostile fallout from the upcoming high-definition disc wars. Regardless of whether you're in the Blu-Ray or the HD-DVD camp, you are going to be screwed when it comes to watching your discs on your computer. Not only will it require Windows Vista (ick) and a HDCP-compliant monitor (which virtually no one has), but it will also require a HDCP-compliant video card. And Firing Squad reports that NONE of the current shipping ATI or Nvidia cards will work. They all support HDCP, but none of them actually have the key on the card that allow them to tell the monitor it's OK to display the HD video.
Add that to the recent cable card news that only certain manufacturers will be able to make/sell cable-card-ready systems, and you're basically talking about a business plan that makes it as difficult as possible for its customers to purchase a working product. Hollywood is slitting its own throat.
The Great HDCP Fiasco
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