Linux will never get better than 720p, and maybe even 480 in some circumstances as it's unlikely your machine can pass up a signed HDCP chain of trust. (Somebo

Linux will never get better than 720p, and maybe even 480 in some circumstances as it's unlikely your machine can pass up a signed HDCP chain of trust. (Somebody will point out that HDCP support was added to the Linux Kernel here, but it was added for the use of the kernel on closed hardware where you can have a hardware root of trust and signed drivers, not a general purpose Linux machine.)