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Originally Posted by jr_tech
Whats the deal here? some sort of copyright protection law?
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That's exactly it.
HDMI is a "2-way" interface, which will prevent an HD signal from being sent to an "unauthorized" device, theoretically preventing you from making a direct digital copy of a blu-ray disc. The receiving device (TV or monitor) has to pass a "secret handshake" in the form of a decryption key with the player in order for the signal to be allowed to play.
HD component video outputs are analog, and can't support such garbage, so they have been forced out of existence by the MPAA and the rest of the media corporations.
More on this situation here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-ba...ent_Protection
http://www.defectivebydesign.org