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#21871 9-May-2008 15:19
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Am I the only one to notice that the widely-available PC to TV converters sold by Dick Smith (and others) appear to completely bypass digital DVD copy protection schemes by converting the analogue monitor signal which can then be plugged straight into any video recording device? Does the film industry also realise this? Does this make the converters TPM Circumvention devices under the updated copyright law, and are DME et al breaking that law by selling them? Just wondering.




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  #129687 9-May-2008 15:41
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(Note that IANAL. I have no idea how this impacts the Copyright Act.)

Yes, you can capture video using this method, but it is not considered to be any worse than using your VCR to record shows from television broadcasts, as the quality is generally not good enough for distribution.

DRM technology such as HDCP is only designed to protect digital content primarily over DVI or HDMI connections. A VGA connection is an analogue connection and is considered to already be degraded. Not only that, but unless your PC to TV converter outputs a Component signal, the TV picture will be even worse than that shown on the computer monitor.

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