[mythtvnz] freeview HCDP question

[Jason Haar]

Hadley Rich wrote:
> 
> If you're talking about receiving the Freeview broadcast with a DVB-T card 
> then it doesn't really apply - HDCP is a STB to TV thing, as your Linux box 
> won't care about this you don't really need to worry about it.
> 

Sorry for not being clear - I was referring to Freeview set-top boxes. 
That's why it's OT :-)

The *boxes* won't allow you to record HDTV but will downgrade it to SD. 
I was wondering how they did the downgrade trick (I thought HDCP would 
just stop you using anything other than a compliant end-device - I 
didn't know it could alter the output)

There are HDCP-compliant recorders, but I'd guess the HDCP "protocol" 
could actually be set so that the setup box only allows "video monitors" 
- not recorders.

Jason