> hdmi without DRM should produce even cheapers devices, but yeah, everyone has to embrace DRM to name it hdmi Not really. HDMI capture devices actually can't

> hdmi without DRM should produce even cheapers devices, but yeah, everyone has to embrace DRM to name it hdmi Not really. HDMI capture devices actually can't "embrace" DRM; no (legitimate) HDMI capture device is permitted to decode HDCP at all since that would defeat the point of HDCP. HDMI capture devices are expensive because it really is difficult-- 1080p is a lot of bytes per second to decode, reencode, and record to permanent storage.