What Is HDCP 2.2 Compatibility And How Is It Revolutionising The Market
Early HDCP 1.x standards protected data moving across DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, GVIF and UDI connections. However, they did not support transmission of data across networks. The 2.x standards support transmission over any IP-based interface but limit transmission to a maximum of 32 devices.
The newer HDCP 2.2 Pro standard allows commercial AV networks to connect more devices—potentially an unlimited number. For content to be protected, all devices in the chain must be HDCP compliant and must support the same standard, e.g. HDCP 2.2. Protected source devices include set-top boxes, DVD and Blu-ray players and computer graphics cards. Receiving devices include televisions, digital projectors, video walls and computer monitors. All devices in between must support the same standard as well. These include switches, extenders, converters, repeaters, splitters and distribution amplifiers.
Licensed HDCP Equipment
All HDCP-compatible equipment is licensed by Digital Content Protection. This licensing ensures that manufacturers take adequate steps to protect transmitted content or risk losing their license. Only trustworthy devices are licensed. If a device breaks the terms of the license agreement, its KSV can be added to a revocation list so future transmitters will refuse to send to the revoked device.
Because HDCP technology relies on encryption keys stored within each device, no product without these keys will work as an HDCP-compliant device. In the case of incompatibility, the display may show an error message or a snowy image.
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