go 7800gtx and hdcp

[mito]

I did a quick search here and couldn't confirm if the Geforce Go 7800gtx supports hdcp...

Thanks.

 

[AlNom]

According to the folks at Firingsquad, you're out of luck. nVidia added HDCP support with the 7900 series.

 

[mito]

According to the folks at Firingsquad, you're out of luck. nVidia added HDCP support with the 7900 series.

so it's a waste of money hooking an 360 hd-dvd player to my dell xps laptop?

 

[AlNom]

I believe so. You also need an HDCP capable monitor too I think... I don't have the drive, but from what I've read, people have had problems with non-HDCP monitors even when they had HDCP compliant video cards.

 

[Zaphod]

so it's a waste of money hooking an 360 hd-dvd player to my dell xps laptop?

Using only AACS licensed playback software, the answer is yes. Otherwise, it's perhaps.

If you don't have a compliant HDCP chain, both WinDVD and PowerDVD automatically enable downscaling of the image (WinDVD even does it even if you play unencrypted material)... The thing is, according to spec, they are not required do so to unless the Image Contraint Token (ICT) is set (which it isn't on current discs), yet they do it anyway.

Long story short:

1. Just plug it in + commercial player = Downscaling.
2. Decrypt + commercial player = Possibly downscaling.
2. Decrypt + reverse engineered/open source player (they're coming along) = Should be fine.

 

[mito]

There are tears in my eyes...

 

[karlotta]

The whole HDCP thing is still a 1000$, and a year and half away.