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    Re: Blu Ray or not

    Quote Originally Posted by Salazaar View Post
    No films actually use HDCP yet anyway and it doesn't seem too likely that it'll come in to play any time soon.

    The main issue seems to be the size of the monitor, it will play HD (720p) but do you really want to invest £100 just to play (expensive) movies on a 19" screen? Personally I'd leave it until I had a larger monitor or an HDTV rigged up.
    films do use HDCP, both blu-ray and HD-DVD and have for a while

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    Re: Blu Ray or not

    Quote Originally Posted by Blackmage View Post
    films do use HDCP, both blu-ray and HD-DVD and have for a while
    Are you sure? I thought they hadn't implemented it yet?

    We are talking about HDCP here, as in the need for an HDCP compliant player, graphics card (for PCs) and TV, and not the copy protection they use to prevent ripping (which they've had all along, for what it's worth)?
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    Re: Blu Ray or not

    HDCP will kick in as soon as you use a digital connection.

    You can connect via VGA and HDCP is rendered useless. It is the ICT flag that has not been implemented yet IIRC and that will stop the analog connections unless you use an expensive HDCP-stripper box.

    As for the HD debate......You do not need 1080p or even 1080i, in fact your monitor as a nice resolution that would make HD material look great..........if it was physically a lot bigger.

    Below 32" and the difference between SD and HD is not very noticeable.........and even with a very large screen the difference between 720p and 1080i are not very noticeable


    The thing with HD is its great for people with large screens as it makes a large picture look great. Without HD, large screen TVs would almost be a waste as SD images scaled up to that size look terrible.......Which anyone who watches ITV on a 42"+ screen will attest to in a heartbeat
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    Re: Blu Ray or not

    Quote Originally Posted by Salazaar View Post
    Are you sure? I thought they hadn't implemented it yet?

    We are talking about HDCP here, as in the need for an HDCP compliant player, graphics card (for PCs) and TV, and not the copy protection they use to prevent ripping (which they've had all along, for what it's worth)?
    Yep, try playback a bluray film without HDCP compliant devices. you can but it will decrease from hd resolutions too SD.

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    Re: Blu Ray or not

    ATM some do and some dont but as shaithis says, when full HDCP encoding will be implimented this will happen with all Blu-Ray materieal

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