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HDCP - HDCP from a Consumer Standpoint

by Matthew Torres
for About.com

What do your fellow humans think of HDCP? Here's what a few had to say in a HDCP user answer forum:

HDCP money grab.

HDTV, HDCP and all the rest of this is just another greedy move by big companies to squeeze the consumer a little bit more. TV has dumbed America. Save money and get smarter. Turn it off, read a book or study more in school. Take the kids out and catch bugs and tadpoles!" - wltcol60

HDCP

Any technology is okay till safeguards are instituted in the system and for better viewing anywhere in he world it is better if standardization takes place so that the hardware and software are easily available anywhere in the world." —P V N Rao

HDCP

"It sucks. Planned obsolescence is a very profitable skill today and more likely the same to come ad infinidum." — Olympic

What do you think of HDCP?

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