Comment Great news! (Score 1) 1066
This is absolutely great news, if this will finally enable me to buy a dongle that will remove the "protection" from HDMI signal! Here's a real life scenario that happened to me last spring:
I bought a Sony (yes, should have known better) surround sound system to my home. I already had a HD-cable box and a HD-projector. They worked great together! Only my sound was from old stereo (no surround) system. So, I wanted to have a sound system that would not only play the sound from my cable box, but computer and DVD player. I also wanted the picture to be selected with the sound, as now I had to use two remotes (projector & stereo) when changing source.
So, I got to connect my stuff. HDMI from cable box to the new stereo. HDMI from computer to stereo. Component from DVD player/game console to stereo. And single HDMI from stereo to projector. All this supported (according to the manual) by the Sony sound system (the "stereo").
Computer worked, as well as component from DVD/console. 1st downside was though that the Sony couldn't handle optical sound when video was coming through HDMI. Only stereo or HDMI. BUMMER!
But what really blew me off, was when I tried to watch TV. Instead I only got a blue screen with warning that "for my protection" the video was not working because of copyright violation!!!
I mean, am I violating a copyright by watching a show on cable? - Of course not. The stupid Sony was just incompatible with the cable box's HDMI signal! - Call to Sony just confirmed that they don't give a shit about their customers. The best solution they offered me was to use component video for from my cable box instead of HDMI. Why on earth would I convert a digital broadcast to analog just to transfer it to a digital projector? Just because Sony decided to "protect" me from copyright violations!
Well, I decided to protect myself from Sony. - Took the system back to their store and went to competitor to buy a system that worked...
So, yes. This is indeed good news if it will finally brake the "protection" from HDMI signal!