New C31 Client adds HDCP on ALL Channels.

[meStevo]

I bought a 23" lcd tv and a samsung dvd player with DVI output from Dell a while back. The DVI connection on the tv was not HDCP compliant so there was no picture when using the DVI input. Dell support told me " too bad" even though their website sold these 2 items as a package. Samsung support however gave me the code to allow the dvd player and tv to work together through the DVI connection. I wonder if DTV will lose many customers over this issue or if it is something that will be used industry wide in the future.

It's the future, but only as other technologies hit obsolescence. They agent going to lose many if any customers over it.

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[harshness]

Will it really not show a picture or just down-res the picture to 480p or something?

While this is probably the preferred option, it doesn't appear to be the option that DIRECTV chose.

[meStevo]

While this is probably the preferred option, it doesn't appear to be the option that DIRECTV chose.

Think ICT is part of AACS, not HDCP. HDCP shuts down the feed if the connection isn't secure between the receiver and display.

2 different things.

[harshness]

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Think ICT is part of AACS, not HDCP. HDCP shuts down the feed if the connection isn't secure between the receiver and display.

Regardless of what standard it is, the intention was to stop people from using HD component. DIRECTV, on the other hand, seems to be encouraging the use of component for HD.