I Have A New Tv Bought Last Year It’s A 32″ Toshiba Hdtv Lcd Widescreen?
February 11, 2010 by Rich
Filed under Frequently Asked Questions
As Far as I know it may not be HDCP compliant.I have cable and I getting a HDTV,DVR cable box.My question is if it’s not HDCP compliant…..Will I still be able to view or see my HI Def picture after 2010?
HDCP is an inert technology : it’s up to the movie studios to deploy it (or not) as a copy-protection scheme.
HDCP notifies the player if there’s a non-HDCP device in the playback chain.
Software in the player then executes the rules (established by the media owner) that are encoded within the content.
What concerns you here within HDCP is the ICT (The Image Constraint Token) rule : a rule that gives content owners the power to make the software stop playing content or downsample video to a 960×540 resolution (a fraction of the image quality you should normally get) if HDCP is missing at any stage in the playback chain.
The Image Constraint Token is invoked on a per-disc basis.
The good news for you is that so far it seems no studio has activated the technology in their current releases (Blu-ray discs).
The fatidic date you mentioned is based on a rumor. It is now more commonly advanced that studios would have informally agreed not to implement it until at least 2012.
The good news is that Sony, Disney, Fox, Paramount, MGM and Universal have already stated that they have no intention of using this feature. The other studios, which have yet to announce their plans, will most likely follow suit to avoid getting bad publicity. If any of the studios still decide to use ICT they will have to state this on the cover of their movies, so you should have no problem avoiding these titles.
Yea it should. You are probably referring to the Digital Switchover in 2009. If you have cable you should be fine for a LONG time…
All Toshiba widescreens are HD sets..