SPATZ site down? doom9?

[fisix]

you mentioned the SPATZ dvi stripping hardware, and i tried to reach their site, but all i can reach is the google cache.

was it ever available from the US?

is it down for everyone?

[Doom9]

It works just fine here.. the MPAA is not THAT fast ;)

[fisix]

wierd.

i just tried again, and now it's up.

before, i tried from home, and i tried pinging from another place outside my isp's subnet, and got nothing back. maybe their site was down for a bit.. maybe it got doomed (like slashdotted).

[Latexxx]

They don't have to sue spatz. HDCP has device blacklist thus it's easy block their device from workin. The blacklist can be in a new player which therefore just doesn't give any signal to the box or the list can be even on a next-gen dvd disc which thus making it impossible to play certain discs on certain devices.

But thou shalt not worry: http://apache.dataloss.nl/~fred/www.nunce.org/hdcp/hdcp111901.htm

[SeeMoreDigital]

I seem to remember there was a bit of an hullabaloo with regard to a couple of HDMI/DVI devices manufactured by a company called GEFEN Inc... But I think they've been stopped now!

It would also seem there are new/revised laws in many countries preventing the manufacture, distribution and sale of any product that's able to circumvent any form of copy protection, for use with either analogue of digital signals :eek:

I wonder what would happen if we were able to build our own "programmable" black boxes?


Cheers

[Doom9]

of any product that's able to circumvent any form of copy protection, for use with either analogue of digital signals That's the beauty of these boxes.. there's no circumvention going on.. I'm convinced they'll still sue for that, but if the company in question has enough money to hold out and hire some smart lawyers, they will win (at least on this account).

[SeeMoreDigital]

Hmmm!

Curious... if you have a digital signal with HDCP going into a device but a digital signal without HDCP coming out. Where has the HDCP signal gone?

How can this not be argued that such a device is not circumventing in some way?


Cheers

[Doom9]

if you have a digital signal with HDCP going into a device but a digital signal without HDCP coming out. Where has the HDCP signal gone?If you open your digital TV and take out the panel you have just that ;)

It is being decrypted by an authorized chipset, the same used in regular TVs.

[SeeMoreDigital]

If you open your digital TV and take out the panel you have just that ;)

It is being decrypted by an authorised chipset, the same used in regular TVs.In that case, what's to stop an individual who suddenly becomes aware of say, certain instructions for his/her device about how to remove/by-pass these HDCP chip-sets themselves?

Or will the HDCP element be built onto the digital video chip-set making HDCP impossible to remove/by-pass in this way?

I must admit I would love to get my hands on an device that could convert from one type of digital A/V connection to another. Say SDI to DVI or FireWire and vice versa!


Cheers