Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:13:45 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, rpaulo@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lcd monitor manufacturer recommendation request Message-ID: <200911231813.nANIDj67048639@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <647D64FB-ACE2-44F1-8FCE-686E33137BA7@freebsd.org>
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Rui Paulo wrote: > On 23 Nov 2009, at 16:42, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > However, DVI does not support encryption, > > This is not true. HDCP is used by DVI connections on many monitors. > My Samsung 2949HS has a DVI connection with HDCP enabled. Sorry, my phrasing was a little unclear; one important word was missing: The DVI _standard_ does not support encryption. The are devices that do, in fact, handle encrypted signals on their DVI ports, but that's not covered by the standard at all. (Unlike the HDMI standard which does support encryption explicitly.) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I learned Java 3 years before Python. It was my language of choice. It took me two weekends with Python before I was more productive with it than with Java." -- Anthony Roberts
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