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more about #hdcp more comments → frigg: Why can't they make one cable to rule them all? Shouldn't it be possible to create a single cable that exceeds requirements for all existing formats, ... more » Kaiser-Machead: This makes me happy that I still use the old fashion tricolor RCA cables at home. I'm sick of all these different plugs and I don't even use them. more » Digitallysick: I thought that is what display port was for?? more » GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: Just another way for them to make the plugs on the ball smaller while keeping the cords the same thickness and the ends almost the same, putting more ... more » Gareth Eynon: Nooooooooooo, not more connector types. It drives me mad! Why can't they just make it small in the first place? more » Michael Belisle: Ummm, Mini DisplayPort to HDMI does not "solve one of the new MacBook's biggest monitor compatibility problems." Even with the monoprice HDMI adapter,... more » SmritaBabalazi: I always thought Apple's choice of mini-DisplayPort was because HDMI was based on single link DVI and couldn't push enough pixles to run the 30" ACD..... more » itchytooth: It's too bad about the no sound. I though I had found a workaround with Airfoil ([rogueamoeba.com]), which would be wonderfully convenient since I cou... more » nathantrumbull: And I just paid $30 for a Mini Display port to DVI for my already purchased DVI to DVI and DVI to HDMI adapters... So who gets the bad timing award he... more » axiomatic: In this one case I agree with Apple. Use HDMI = Send $$$ to major competitor for HDMI licensing fee. Use mini-Displayport = no fees more » SuprabhaPollyanna: So Apple's mini-DP implementation on the MB and MBP doesn't do audio. Hmm. Can someone over at the Gizmodo labs PLEASE try one of these new cables w... more » BlytheLaomedon: GAH! How come you guys got one and the website keeps pushing back the arrival date? I want to watch stuff, via my 13" MacBook, on my 52" LCD. Um, NOW! more » balls187: The Pirate Bay DOT ORG more » nutbastard: jesus christ, apple. just f'ing play the file. more » Hip Nihilist: I own a Macbook, an iPod Touch, and an iPod Shuffle (2nd gen). So, some might consider me to be a "fanboy". However, Apple is REALLY starting to test ... more » -
#hdmi
Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
Molex has prototyped a new miniature HDMI connector called Type D, which boasts the whole range of regular HDMI specs—19 pins, 10.2 Gbit/s bandwidth, HDCP, etc.—in a package the size of a Micro USB cable. More » -
#hdmi
Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
Monoprice sent us their $14 Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter, and we tested it with some protected content to see if it solved one of the new MacBook's biggest monitor compatibility problems. Sure enough, it did. More » -
#itunes
iTunes HD Movies Won't Play on Older Non-HDCP Monitors
If you dropped $20 on an HD movie from iTunes since they came out yesterday, but have a newer Mac and an older external display, you might not be able to watch it. More » -
#xbox
Patch Coming for New Xbox Experience Dead Audio
If you've been missing out on SFII Turbo HD Remix's amazing soundtrack because you're being hit by the New Xbox Experience's audio-killing HDMI bug, don't worry, Microsoft says a patch is coming. More » -
#hdcpsucks
New MacBooks Have HDCP, Gives iTunes Purchases Less Freedom
High Definition Content Protection—the annoying DRM-y thing that's supposed to stop people from copying hi-def stuff as it travels over a card-display connector— has apparently, and unfortunately, come to Apple's MacBooks. HDCP is now included on new MacBooks to protect iTunes Store media, though it seems that only some of the content is actually HDCP-aware. A high school teacher was unable to play Hellboy 2 on his classroom's projector with his new aluminum MacBook, but other purchased media (such as Stargate: Continuum and Heroes episodes) worked just fine. Perfect. Because copyright protection is all about inconveniencing those who actually bought their stuff legally? [Ars Technica] -
