Also, VGA cables have no damn HDCP integrated, so you can pass anything you want with them, contrary to HDMI and DP which both have “anti piracy” protection integrated directly into the cable, for your inconvenience.
In order to make a device that plays HDCP-enabled content, the manufacturer must obtain a license for the patent from Intel subsidiary Digital Content Protection LLC, pay an annual fee, and submit to various conditions. For example, the device cannot be designed to copy; it must “frustrate attempts to defeat the content protection requirements”; it must not transmit high definition protected video to non-HDCP receivers; and DVD-Audio works can be played only at CD-audio quality by non-HDCP digital audio outputs (analog audio outputs have no quality limits).
Oh, that’s worked remarkably well. Piracy is a thing of the past, and we all live in peace and harmony, with happiness and justice for all, thanks to the undefeated copyright protections afforded by the heroes at DCP LLC.
Also, VGA cables have no damn HDCP integrated, so you can pass anything you want with them, contrary to HDMI and DP which both have “anti piracy” protection integrated directly into the cable, for your inconvenience.
Oh, that’s worked remarkably well. Piracy is a thing of the past, and we all live in peace and harmony, with happiness and justice for all, thanks to the undefeated copyright protections afforded by the heroes at DCP LLC.
Hurrah.
Wait, seriously?!