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Old 03-12-08, 09:50 AM   #12 (Link)
 
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Re: Why HDMI ?


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Are you sure? As far as I know the main reason for "inventing" HDMI from the movie industry was HDCP.
Yep for sure DVI can (optionally) do HDCP. HDCP is not required in a DVI connection but is required for HDMI as you say. However DVI can also have HDCP and do the handshake for copy protected video (thereby making a Blu-ray player happy). Not all displays with the digital version of DVI have HDCP, but some (more and more these days) do.


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