What is HDCP?

DVI/HDCP. You may have heard of it. HDCP is also part of the HDMI standard.

But what is HDCP? What does it stand for? Digital Home Canada has a small article that answers just that question. HDCP stands for “High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection” and is a copy protection scheme invented by Intel. It prevents the unauthorized duplication of digital signals sent over a DVI or HDMI connection.

For more details, check out the article.

Digital Home Canada - What is HDCP?

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