Search results

Paul, the truth is at the moment there's only one thing I know of that requires a DVI-HDCP and that is DVD players that upconvert video to 720p/1080i for HDTV's. Hollywood is REALLY paranoid over any HDTV content being recorded but the biggest reason they are pushing DVI-HDCP is for pre-recorded...

DVI-HDCP is never meant to be recorded but Firewire is specifically made for recording which is why Hollywood is only supporting DVI-HDCP. Has anyone ever seen a DVD player that outputs protected content by Firewire? I haven't but I've seen several that output on DVI-HDCP.

To answer your question which will win I would say both. The one you would really need on your TV though is DVI-HDCP since that is the most secure of the two connections and the one which is most future-proof. The reason DVI-HDCP is most secure is because the video is uncompressed and encrypted...