HDCP “Master Key” Leaked?

End of days?  Armageddon?  Apocalypse?  Not quite, but this is very uplifting news to opponents of all forms of DRM, like myself.  There are rumblings that the "master key" has been found for HDCP, which would allow anyone to create matching pairs of keys.  If this proves true, this is most likely the deCSS of the Blu-ray era and may […]

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NVIDIA Joins the HD Audio Bitstreaming Club

NVIDIA

According to the beta driver release notes NVIDIA has finally joined Intel and AMD\ATI in the HD Audio bitstreaming club with their GeForce GTX 460 GPUs. We will have to update our Bit Streaming HDMI HD Audio Guide.   Blu-ray 3D Adds support for playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires […]

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September 14th Blu-ray Releases

When I saw Big Bang Theory’s Season 3 available, it took every ounce of control to NOT select that. I figure most of us probably already know about it, so it’s too obvious a pick. Feast was too bloody to recommend to a whole group. I hope everyone has already seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a Jack classic! […]

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Crap, it’s not always Comcast

Let me start with a disclaimer, this does not pertain directly to home theaters, it is a simple lesson in my own humility.  And when it comes to technology, I very much dislike feeling stupid.  Read on if still interested, otherwise check out some of the new reviews. First a little background.  I am not a networking engineer or network […]

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