[opendtv] Re: HDMI on HP Laptop
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:26:01 -0600
James Cole wrote:
> The HDMI port going dead while playing a copy-protected asset
> is by design.
> As Dan wrote, it's the HDCP kicking in.
> Computers by (default) design cannot be HDCP compliant, same
> for DTCP under firewire (1394).
> I'm sure if you connected the HDMI port to the output of a STB,
> you can (with the right software) capture unprotected video
> (IE OTA broadcasters) to the laptop.
Okay, that makes sense. So instead, I'm not getting a BluRay drive (not an
option in the Dell 580s anyway), and I'm going to use RGB and the separate
audio mini-phone plug interface to the TV. Which saves me the cost of the
optional ATI video card with the HDMI port.
Not bad. So far, I'm not using any HDMI to my TV set.
Bert
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