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Spencer · 11-13-2016, 05:01 PM

I will do as requested, which if more people also write to Apple about this, would also help both ASUS and us the consumer.
I think before Apple have done anything about it though, i and many other people will have got sick of being forbidden to pay for content and be forbidden to watch it on their chosen device, and do what i am about to do
Namely dont buy any more Apple iTunes Movies, because they give you less rights with your own paid content, than when i buy a blueray disc or DVD.
The producers of the movies give the buyer the right to write one copy to dvd for secure keeping as a backup. Apple forbids what the content owners do not.
DHCP Compliance is changing me from a person who believes people should be paid for their content, who has spent at least 15,000$ on movies in the last 4 years, into a guy who goes to pirate bay or Yify and gets it for free. If paying for it doesnt let you watch it on a perfectly good HD screen, then i dont feel guilty anymore about it.

As a last insight before i go, which perhaps you may find interesting on a technical side;
I have a 1400px non dhcp compliant LG TFT non HD screen, which when i attach a sony hd tv to the Mac Mini as extended second monitor, lets me play the content on the 19 inch 1400 pixel NON HDCP compliant Non-HD screen perfectly!

Hence, there IS a way around it. I haven't tried that trick with this 169B+ screen yet, but i will do today or tomorrow when i have a moment.

Its so crazy that you cant play a HDCP movie on a 1080p display wired to the Mac, but i can open a Macbook Retina, and airplay to apple tv on an old crappy TV screen, or any non HDCP compliant screen attached to apple tv through airplay. Apple TV plays the movies on any rubbish screen, even in 540p. So what compliance are they forcing? None in then d. They just make it difficult for paying buyers, to enjoy their content. As to the pirates, they will always have their way around compliancy. It deters paying customers, but does not deter piracy
In fact, it encourages it.

Thanks for the licencees list.. but please remember, consumers want to buy a screen and use it.. they dont wish to spend 3 months like a lawyer scanning technical lists to figure out if they can watch the hulu movie they just bought
I will leave you with the simple key to worldwide mega success;
"User Friendly" - meaning 'plug and play, no need to read the small print'

11-13-2016, 05:01 PM	#5
Spencer Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Thailand Posts: 8	I will do as requested, which if more people also write to Apple about this, would also help both ASUS and us the consumer. I think before Apple have done anything about it though, i and many other people will have got sick of being forbidden to pay for content and be forbidden to watch it on their chosen device, and do what i am about to do Namely dont buy any more Apple iTunes Movies, because they give you less rights with your own paid content, than when i buy a blueray disc or DVD. The producers of the movies give the buyer the right to write one copy to dvd for secure keeping as a backup. Apple forbids what the content owners do not. DHCP Compliance is changing me from a person who believes people should be paid for their content, who has spent at least 15,000$ on movies in the last 4 years, into a guy who goes to pirate bay or Yify and gets it for free. If paying for it doesnt let you watch it on a perfectly good HD screen, then i dont feel guilty anymore about it. As a last insight before i go, which perhaps you may find interesting on a technical side; I have a 1400px non dhcp compliant LG TFT non HD screen, which when i attach a sony hd tv to the Mac Mini as extended second monitor, lets me play the content on the 19 inch 1400 pixel NON HDCP compliant Non-HD screen perfectly! Hence, there IS a way around it. I haven't tried that trick with this 169B+ screen yet, but i will do today or tomorrow when i have a moment. Its so crazy that you cant play a HDCP movie on a 1080p display wired to the Mac, but i can open a Macbook Retina, and airplay to apple tv on an old crappy TV screen, or any non HDCP compliant screen attached to apple tv through airplay. Apple TV plays the movies on any rubbish screen, even in 540p. So what compliance are they forcing? None in then d. They just make it difficult for paying buyers, to enjoy their content. As to the pirates, they will always have their way around compliancy. It deters paying customers, but does not deter piracy In fact, it encourages it. Thanks for the licencees list.. but please remember, consumers want to buy a screen and use it.. they dont wish to spend 3 months like a lawyer scanning technical lists to figure out if they can watch the hulu movie they just bought I will leave you with the simple key to worldwide mega success; "User Friendly" - meaning 'plug and play, no need to read the small print' Last edited by Spencer; 11-13-2016 at 05:25 PM.