Gigabyte G45 board plays HD movies over VGA - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 6th Jun 2008, 09:11

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06...ies-over-vga/1

COMPUTEX 2008: Gigabyte showed us its new G45 mobo playing Blu ray movies on two popular players using a normal VGA connection.

[USRF]Obiwan · 6th Jun 2008, 09:58

HDCP drm is invented by morons and pushed into our mouths by money wolfs of 4 big companies that think they control the world of music and movies, its a useless peace of crap that nobody on this world needs or wants or has use for but we all have to pay for it.

Paradigm Shifter · 6th Jun 2008, 10:00

Watch this HD over VGA feature vanish as soon as the MPAA can get it's attack dogs (lawyers) ready...

[USRF]Obiwan · 6th Jun 2008, 10:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter

Watch this HD over VGA feature vanish as soon as the MPAA can get it's attack dogs (lawyers) ready...

ssssstt! (they can hear us you now)

p.s. we can always use the asus usb monitors...

Xtrafresh · 6th Jun 2008, 10:39

am i the only one that sees a pretty mint-looking LAN board in this one?

It's compact-ish, has sata-o-plenty, and leaves room for a good GPU + soundcard. Do we need more?

shahidur · 6th Jun 2008, 12:10

I was under the assumption that HD playback is possible over vga as it is an analogue connection. HDCP is only required over a digital connection.

Renoir · 6th Jun 2008, 18:45

Correct shahidur. The video should only get downrezzed over vga if the Image Constraint Token is set on the discs which AFAIK is not the case with any of the currently released discs.

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6th Jun 2008, 10:39	#5
Xtrafresh Blame it on the Boogie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nijmegen, Holland Posts: 1,915	am i the only one that sees a pretty mint-looking LAN board in this one? It's compact-ish, has sata-o-plenty, and leaves room for a good GPU + soundcard. Do we need more? __________________ AXGS Blog: A fresh look at P55. Fresh Fusion: Unfinished \| FFF: Name change and text update 19-11

6th Jun 2008, 12:10	#6
shahidur What's a Dremel? Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	I was under the assumption that HD playback is possible over vga as it is an analogue connection. HDCP is only required over a digital connection.

6th Jun 2008, 18:45	#7
Renoir Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milton Keynes, UK Posts: 190	Correct shahidur. The video should only get downrezzed over vga if the Image Constraint Token is set on the discs which AFAIK is not the case with any of the currently released discs.