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Originally Posted by Lemurion
You're right, DRM can't do anything from recording an analog output; this is why the majority of HD capable video players do not support analog output at HD resolutions and the content industry wants to use HDCP which will automatically prevent any system from outputting an HD data stream unless the receiver is authenticated. They haven't fully implemented this yet, but it's a deliberate attempt to close the analog hole.
In the meantime, most consumer HD video players can only output HD video through the HDMI interface that supports the HDCP protection, they don't give full output over any of the conventional analog output options.
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I've totally seen this issue even with a standard DVD. I have my PC hooked up directly to my TV, so I generally watch DVD's through the PC's DVD drive. A few DVD's I've run across wouldn't output an image to the component-out or DVI cable and I was stuck firing up the 'ol reliable stand-alone DVD player. I even ran into the problem trying to watch TV on my tuner card when a show was broadcast with the secure-bit (or whatever they're calling it) active, and had to switch over to the standard cable box. I have my PS3 hooked up to the TV via a HDMI-to-DVI convertor and haven't had any problems just yet watching BD-DVD's, but then again I don't own too many of them since they are so over-priced.
I can understand why they do this, to prevent people from capturing the signal and later distributing it, but it's still a PITA for me to have to deal with.