The thing that really hits home here is that the decision isn't made at the application level anymore, it's made at the OS level. How many rigs do you know of out there that have ridiculously cool graphics cards & dual, widescreen LCDs that are fully HDCP compliant? Yeah, exactly. This sucks.

"Dave Marsh, the lead program manager for video at Microsoft, said that if the PC used a digital connection to link with the monitor or television, then it would require the highest level of content protection, known as HDCP, to play the discs. If it did not have such protection, Vista would shut down the signal, he said."