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From everyone who has invested heavily in high-quality audio equipment over the years and understands the dangerous path to DRMed digital, I say "Fuck you Intel
by tristor 11y ago
From everyone who has invested heavily in high-quality audio equipment over the years and understands the dangerous path to DRMed digital, I say "Fuck you Intel!". We don't want your USB-C. We'll happily stick to 3.5mm stereo analog outputs.
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- bryanlarsen 11y agoThe proposal includes stereo analog output.
- rbanffy 11y agoFor now. Think DVI-A.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoGreat example. VGA and DVI-I are still supported by lots of new video cards and laptops even though analog video has been dead for quite a long time.
- pdkl95 11y agoYes, it's a great example, because VGA is broken by the newer standards because of HDCP. As others in this thread have mentioned, HDCP is included in this new USB spec. There has been a lot of effort over the years to close the so-called "analog hole" at the end of the DRM chain of trust. The stereo output exists only to distract people during the transition period. The analog out hardware may exist in the future, but the software will refuse to send it any data. This is not theoretical; we already see this with Blu-ray software, where you get an error message if you use a VGA monitor without HDCP. Bonus: with Win 10 forcing updates, once the hardware is common, you won';t get a choice about the update that disables the "analog hole".