From: Tony Williams 

The question in my mind is whether people will want that capability if it
comes with strings attached. It worked in the US with region encoded DVDs
because that wasn't such a big deal at the time (most of the blockbuster
DVDs come out first in the US so why should people here care).

Look outside the US and "region free" DVD players are very
popular - enough so that HD-DVD won't have region encoding. If there are
similar alternatives to  HDCP-capable monitors then that's what people will
buy. And this time the US will be in the same boat as the rest of the
world.

--
Tony

Rich wrote:
>    It seems simple to me.  People will buy HDCP capable computer
> displays if or when they want to view content that requires HDCP.  This
> is not something people do on computers today so it should appear as a
> new feature of new hardware and software.
>
> Rich
>
>
>     "Tony Williams"  wrote in
>     message news:43500e4b{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>     Fair point when it comes to home systems, but even so there's a
>     limit to
>     what people will put up with. I suppose it's a matter of public
>     awareness and the public is getting more savvy when it comes to
>     computers.
>
>     I still think it will take legislation to make DRM-encumbered monitors
>     sell, to take one example.
>
>     --
>     Tony

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