HDCP, High –Bandwidth Digital Content Protection: Beginners Guide by Jeff Su
Background: High Definition digital video allows users to experience high resolution, near perfect video content. As more content is delivered digitally, the content creators are increasingly concerned with content piracy because digital content can be perfectly duplicated. ... It has been speculated that the two competing high definition DVD standards HD DVD, and BLUE RAY, due out in 2006 will only deliver full resolution on HDCP protected outputs such as HDMI or DVI. ... In this article we will touch on the key points of HDCP What is HDCP: High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection,...

And You Thought HD Was A No-Brainer by Jonathan G. Michel
Technology is never that simple and it just got somewhat more complicated to understand. Remember 'content scrambling system', CSS for the abreviation, which was designed to protect the content on DVDs by the movie industry as you watched it on your PC? ... HDCP is a different monster altogether, and it stands for 'High Definition Content Protection' which must be supported or compatible with your drive and the player software. ... HDCP needs DVI and HDMI connections, which guarantees HD video capability.

Wii and PlayStation3: The Latest Battle of the Gaming Consoles by Madison Lockwood
It seems almost like a Christmas ritual: there's a Next Big Thing in the video game world almost every holiday season. Last year featured a particularly interesting competition between the new gaming hardware put on the market by Nintendo and their prime competitor, Sony with its PlayStation... The PS3 is the high-horsepower (and high priced) option on the market. ... The graphics on the PS3 are state of the art 1080p high-definition and present a new level of quality for gamers. ... It includes high-definition graphics, a hard disk, and a Blu-ray Disc drive that delivers great image quality.

Playstation 3 Controller and Accessories by Darren Lintern
The Playstation 3 controller has been designed to offer many great features for hours of fun and entertainment, it is also very light and fits well in you hand. Most gaming controllers tend to feel awkward as well as heavy. This can lead to having sore fingers and hands after some intense... The HDMI cable will offer the advantage of more high definition resolution than what come with the console. ... If you want the excitement of playing online against other players, than you will need to invest in a home router that is either wired or wireless for the Playstation 3.

All About DVD Part 3: Blue-Ray and HD-DVD by Artem Chlegov
New storage formats: DVD-HD and Blue-Ray On the first glance, DVDs have just finished becoming common and are the best option available. But developers do not agree, trying to invent new needs for poor users. This time HDTV (High Definition Television) is considered to be the new technology... HD-DVD HD-DVD (High Definition DVD) , as clearly visible from its name, is official heir to the DVD format, approved by DVD Forum. ... Recordable HD-DVD are named in the same way as DVD: HD-DVD-R (recordable) and HD-DVD-RW (rewritable).

Wireless USB Explained by Nathan Kartchner
USB has become ubiquitous, edging out firewire as the data transfer specification of choice. You can connect anything from keyboards to network adapters to VGA adapters into a USB port and get plug-and-play operability almost instantly. In addition, you can run multiple (several hundred,... Or imagine connecting your DVD player, cable or satellite box, stereo receiver, and computer to your high-definition TV all without wires. ... Envision this same scenario with speakers, cameras, camcorders, cell phones, MP3 players, and the list goes on and on.

HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray: The Great Optical Disc Battle by Phillip Jr Kimpo
Long gone are the times when all we had were compact discs, first for music, then for data storage and movies. The DVDs came next, boasting of what seemed then as tons of data storage. But as they say, times quickly change, and so does the technology. ... HD-DVD HD-DVD stands for either High Density Digital Versatile Disc or High Definition Digital Video Disc. ... The HD-DVD's look is a familiar one -- it is 120 mm in diameter, the same size as a CD and DVD. ... A single-sided Blu-ray disc, which shares the same diameter with the HD-DVD, CD, and DVD, can hold 25 GB of storage, while a...

Ways to Watch TV On Your Computer for Free by Bridget Mwape
Did you know that you can watch live TV and pre-recorded programs on your home computer for free without the need to pay any cable or satellite TV subscriptions? This includes access to most of the major television channels. There are a number of ways that you can watch TV on your computer. ... TV tuner cards that support digital television broadcasts are also available and some of them can display HDTV (high-definition television) images on your computer monitor. ... With this method, you only need access to the internet through dial-up, high-speed internet or broadband.

Home Theatre Buying Guide by Jeffrey Lawrence
Planning Watching a movie in your own home theater is a great way to escape reality without leaving the house. But before forging ahead with a home theater construction project, you’ll need to put serious time into planning the system. The biggest decision will be what room to put your home... Next, we’ll get into some of the finer points of the various decks used for watching movie discs — a group that includes regular DVD players, high-definition disc players, and a special category of players that process regular video signals on DVD to help them look like high-definition TV.

It Is A Great Time To Be One Who Plays Video Games by Michael Connelly
There is something special about the video games of today. The people who enjoy playing them are living in a very exiting time. With the recent releases of Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 (and Xbox 360 a little while back) the gaming experience has been raised to a whole new level. ... The new features that these new systems offer such as Motion-Sensitive Remotes, Online Gaming, Wi-Fi Support and High Definition Game Support have customers fighting to be the first ones to have them. ... Things like next generation motion capture, high definition graphics and motion-sensitive remote controls...