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HDCP: (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) An encryption system for enforcing digital rights management (DRM) over DVI and HDMI interfaces. The copy protection system (DRM) resides in the computer, DVD...; Full HDCP Definition >>

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HDMI survival guide for home theater: There's a lot of money to be made in the HDMI cabling and switch aftermarket and unfortunately that means a lot of consumers are getting tricked in to paying outrageous prices. I've spent quite a bit of time helping my friends set up their home theaters recently and I thought...; Tags: Home Theater, HDMI, Cable, HDMI Splitter, DVI, HDCP, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-03-20
More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage: This is a very quick follow-up to my previous post documenting my experience with HD DVD and Blu-ray playback on Windows Vista. (If you haven't been following this story, you'll want to read that post and its predecessor, Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Vista to get the proper background.) DRM doom-and-gloomers...; Tags: Monitor, Video Card, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, CPU, Blu-ray, Analog Playback, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-09-08
A Blu-ray / HD DVD update: A Blu-ray / HD DVD updateThanks for providing real world testing!Question for the linux users: Does anyone have a link to similar articles/blogs showing results for MythTV or LinuxMCE ?How do the features compare? How difficult is it to set up and use?RE: A Blu-ray / HD DVD...; Tags: HD DVD, Digital rights management (DRM), DVD, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NVidia Corp., HD-DVD, PowerDVD, HDCP, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management, 1080p; Discussion threads 2007-09-06
A Blu-ray / HD DVD update: Last week I listed the six essential hardware and software pieces you need to successfully play back a commercially produced high-definition disk in either the Blu-ray or HD DVD format. Over the weekend I had a chance to put both formats to the test. Setup took minutes, and the results...; Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Blu-ray, DVD, PowerDVD Software, HD, CyberLink, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-09-06
Must (not) see HDTV: By way of ZDNet reader Derek Flickinger comes the low down on why just about every monitor on the market is about to become obsolete (for HD movie playback). Including many of those big screens hanging on your walls (oops). From BeHardware, HDCP: The graphic card...; Tags: HDCP, monitor, High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection; Blog posts 2006-02-01

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Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting ToolsVery InformativeThanks Ed.1 question: My machine performs fineit is fast and reliable, I have had no major or even minor issues, 0 BSOD since it arrived last October. Do I still download the latest drivers. There is a bios update available. I always...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), acer, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
Dell Crystal - 22 inch (wide-screen): Priced at $1,199, this 22-inch LCD is clearly not aimed at the general consumer. For the money, you could pick up four SP2208WFP Editors' Choice award winning 22-inch Dell LCDs. Aside from the price, there's a lot to like about the Crystal, but even a perfectly outfitted 22-inch would...; Tags: Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, Cable, cord, OSD, Dell Crystal, Dell Computer Corp., HDMI, speaker, DVI, display, video; Product reviews 2008-05-02
Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP: The Gateway FHD2400 may be cheaper, but the Dell UltraSharp 2408WPF display is the better value of the two 24-inch LCD monitors. It performed outstandingly in our labs-based DisplayMate tests, delivering quite possibly the best image we've seen for DVD playback. The 2408WPF packs all of its stellar...; Tags: Monitors & displays, Dell Computer Corp., connection option, DVI, display; Product reviews 2008-04-17
New high-def S3 graphics processor announced: ESC 2008 seems hot this year, and S3 Graphics just announced its 65-nanometer 4300E graphics processor this morning. The company claims that the 4300E outperforms its competition by as much as 30 percent, and is the only discrete high-performance HD video and graphics processor designed specifically to...; Tags: S3 Inc., Processor, Multimedia, Video, Graphics, GPU, ESC 2008, 4300E, Connectability, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Samsung 2232GW: The Samsung 2232GW looks like an entertainment-minded LCD upon first glance, with its piano-black bezel and stand, its glossy screen coating that results in rich colors and smooth edges in movies and games, and its fast 2-millisecond pixel response time. The 22-inch wide-screen LCD performed well in testing, too, delivering...; Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung 2232GW, Dell SP2208WFP, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Dell Computer Corp.; Product reviews 2008-04-04
Dell SP2208WFP: The Dell SP2208WFP offers a winning combination of high performance and low price. This 22-inch wide-screen LCD excelled in labs testing, while also delivering outstanding results with DVDs and games. It supplies a useful feature set, serving up standard VGA and DVI video connections as well as HDMI. There's also...; Tags: Corporate communications, Dell SP2208WFP, display, Dell Computer Corp., DVI, VGA, video; Product reviews 2008-04-01
Gateway FHD2400 (24-inch): Despite a host of video connections, including HDMI, and HDCP support, the $550 Gateway FHD2400 is not a good multimedia display choice. This 24-inch LCD carries a reasonable $550 price and will suffice for basic productivity and gaming usage. The rich feature set includes an optional $50 speaker bar that...; Tags: Corporate communications, Gateway FHD2400, Gateway Inc., display, OSD; Product reviews 2008-03-25
Apple's new AirPort Express 802.11n takes the slow lane: Apple's new AirPort Express 802.11n takes the slow laneAirTunesIf you're looking to stream music, then it's either Airport Xpress or AppleTV, but then AppleTV won't handle an external HD either. On the other hand, AirportXtreme or TimeCapsule will give you the HD, but don't give you AirTunes. It seems you...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Wi-Fi, Time Capsule, Apple Inc., digital-rights management, Apple AirPort Express, AirPort Express 802.11n, music, new AirPort Express 802.11n, slow lane, IEEE 802.11n; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
AMD to challenge Centrino with Puma platform: In a web-streamed press event AMD unveiled Puma, its new third-generation mobile platform. Puma is based on AMD's Griffin processor (the official name for this is Turion Ultra) and the RS780M chipset. All Puma based products will be based on this hardware, along with a WiFi adaptor and...; Tags: Intel Centrino, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Puma, RS780M Chipset, Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-04
Cracking open a Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD player: Updated 3:00AM - By now the news is out that the end of HD DVD might be near since Toshiba is considering its options that may include the possibility of stopped production on HD DVD products is confirmed dead. There are more than a million HD DVD owners, two exclusive HD...; Tags: HD-DVD Player, HD-DVD, Consensus, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba HD-A30, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-02-19
HD DVD is dead: HD DVD is deadIt's not dead yet......but it certainly isn't well.Toshiba should have learned from DVD and DIVX that competing means someone will lose.The sooner Toshiba cuts their loses and bails, the less money they will lose. Anything else just prolongs the pain.Blu-ray isn't perfect and its players need...; Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DVD, Toshiba Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-02-15
Is Blu-ray worth it?: Is Blu-ray worth it?AgreedI'm glad this didn't degenerate into something about bitrates, etc. :)RE: Is Blu-ray worth it?I don't even bother with the upconversion! I bought a Sony XBR tube TV with fantastic upconvert circuitry - my Onkyo DVD player's upconversion isn't nearly as good as the native Sony...; Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, HDMI, Sony Corp., DVD player, TV; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
AMD/ATi launch three new budget graphics cards: AMD's ATi graphics division is hoping that budget-conscious gamers will smash open their piggy banks and spend money upgrading their graphics cards to one of the latest Radeon cards.The three new cards - the Radeon HD 3650, Radeon HD 3450 and the Radeon HD 3470 - undercut the existing Radeon...; Tags: Card, Video Card, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, HD 3650, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Counting to (Windows) 7: Counting to (Windows) 7windozeis this what its come to... sit around holding your breathe hoping and praying that microsoft can deliver a good product someday...maybe. All set. Goto linux... goto mac... go to any modern operating system.The shippingseven blog....I love the title of the 1/17 blog post "Who copied...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, MSFT, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-18
Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC: Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC3 ArgumentsFirst, your timing is horrible. Any gamer with the patience for the kill would tell you that while your system is cheap, you are on the eve of a Videocard/Processor Refresh. Second, I don't like your Motherboard because it lacks quad core...; Tags: Games, Processors, gaming pc, game, DX 10, PC, processor; Discussion threads 2008-01-15