Monday, February 20, 2006
ATI Claims HDCP Then Covers Its Up
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
"ATI has publicized that many of its consumer products are HDCP ready, when in fact are not. Some products boast HDMI connectivity, when they do not even have a physical HDMI connector nor do the products ship with an adapter. Even if they do, having a HDMI connector does not mean the board is able to output a HDCP-DVI signal. Products such as ATI's own X1900XT claim to support HDMI connectivity. Unfortunately, HDMI compatibility doesn't mean that the board can output a HDCP-DVI or HDCP-HDMI signal. Customers who have any one of ATI's currently shipping consumer (enthusiast, mainstream, gaming, entry level) products that were advertised to support HDCP were misled. Many of ATI's add-in board partners also repeated the same specifications as those listed by ATI."
DailyTech.com has a scoop that ATI sold millions of video cards knowing that HDCP support was not enabled. Despite that, the cards were sold and advertised to its customers as having HDCP capabilities. And now it looks like they are completely covering it up with HDMI.org being password protected and the all relevant information is not modified to say HDMI-ready. This totally reminds me of the days when HDTV was becoming popular. You had to read so incredibly carefully whether TVs were actual HDTVs or simply HD comaptible, ready or capable.
DailyTech.com has a scoop that ATI sold millions of video cards knowing that HDCP support was not enabled. Despite that, the cards were sold and advertised to its customers as having HDCP capabilities. And now it looks like they are completely covering it up with HDMI.org being password protected and the all relevant information is not modified to say HDMI-ready. This totally reminds me of the days when HDTV was becoming popular. You had to read so incredibly carefully whether TVs were actual HDTVs or simply HD comaptible, ready or capable.
