HDMI is not a great idea, or is it really needed for most users.
HDMI is only because the media providers want to force HDCP, which is their great anti piracy idea. If they can get all consumer electronics to use HDCP, then they think they can stop piracy, eliminate copyright expiration, and eliminate the concept that "you bought it and can use it any way you want".
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“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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HDMI is not a great idea, or is it really needed for most users.
HDMI is only because the media providers want to force HDCP, which is their great anti piracy idea. If they can get all consumer electronics to use HDCP, then they think they can stop piracy, eliminate copyright expiration, and eliminate the concept that "you bought it and can use it any way you want".
HDMI = bogus DRM, and it should not be this way !