3 ms·The encryption doubles as compression. Its not wasting power..by goldenkey 9y agoThe encryption doubles as compression. Its not wasting power..undersuit 9y agoNo, the HDMI and HDCP specs support encryption and compression on video streams. Encryption is not compression.goldenkey 9y agoActually, most encryption includes compression. Google it.undersuit 9y agoI don't mean to be snippy, but could you instead just give me proof of your claims?Nursie 9y agoNo, it doesn't. If anything, with the use of padding schemes, IVs and MACs, most encryption schemes make the data grow a little.