[mythtvnz] freeview HCDP question

[Nick Rout]

By the time it gets to the HDMI/HDCP stage it has been decoded and is
uncompressed (according to wikipedia)

"The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact
audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital
streams."

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Jason Haar
<jhaar-ourshack-com at whanau.org> wrote:
> A bit OT but not really....
>
> Apparently Freeview boxes receiving HDTV will only output that HD signal
> to HCDP-compliant devices over HDMI (eg LCD TVs). DRM in action. Anyway,
> if you don't have a HCDP-compliant device, then it's downgraded to
> Standard Dev?
>
> I'm curious. What does that mean? Does that mean it's MPEG2 SD, or some
> weird MPEG4 low-res format? And does it happen automatically (which
> implies firmware), or would you have to manually configure the Freeview
> to output SD? I don't own a box - so I have no idea.
>
> Jason
>
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