It has been Hollywood's desire to control everything. Closing the analog hole was their ultimate goal, hence the DMCA probably being the reason they decided to take it one step further and cripple everything as much as possible. If you remember, Hollywood has added Macrovision to their VHS tapes, CSS and CGMS-A and Macrovision to their DVDs, BD+, Cinavia, and AACS renewable security on their BDs, as well as HDCP to the HDMI signal, giving a blank screen to some people who only just wanted to watch a movie, not to mention needing constant updates to get new AACS keys in order to play the new discs. By making everything all HDMI, Hollywood closes the analog hole, like they have been wanting to do from the beginning. Now their ultimate dream is realized. By having only a sindle HDMI connector, the signal is encrypted all the way to the telly, and I pity you people who went ahead and got the 720P Funai plasma TVs that only had component. You simply wont be able to hook them together. Closing the analog hole was simply an idiotic idea that only hurt the format, and you can see from all the evidence that when people record off the discs, they do it digitally, using programs and a burner, not an output. I also forgot to mention that HDCP has a 'renewable' feature, and you may one day get a blank screen in the future, even if your TV works today. For more, read HDCP renewability messages, e.t.c., or just Google. (HDCPs shiny red button is also a good read, again at Google. ) Hollywood could have just had Blu-ray play on 12-15 inch portable hi def players running off 8-10 D batteries, and output nothing to the TV, as well as provide no failsafe backup use for the consumer by not allowing any Blu-ray burners for PCs, but they probably knew deep inside that if they had done so, they would have probably killed the Blu-ray format, as consumers would have felt that it was going to be PSP proprietary format all over again. People can smell a propriety format a mile away, which is why Hollywood hasn't gone any further in crippling the Blu-ray format. There really isn't much of a solution, except buying a new TV. It is illegal(due to the DMCA) to make any Blu-ray player with any kind of an analog output anymore. The anti circumvention clause of the DMCA was written so broadly that anything like a Blu-ray player with analog output would be considered a circumvention device, and any company making analog output on a Blu-ray player would have their license revoked, and be shut down. Laptops now usually hook up only thru HDMI, but can be gotten around by getting an HDMI to component converter if you can find online, buying an external Blu-ray drive and just buying the third party(DVD-Fab playback only software) playback software if you don't want to mess with blank discs, and rippers. You would still be stuck needing some off the internet HDMI to component converter, but it would still work, and not obey HDCP. Your cheapest option if you didn't buy anything would be to get a new TV, and I know that is not comforting, but that is the way things are at the moment. (now you know why DVD recorders are not seen anymore) It would have been fine to eliminate connectivity options and such if it did solve piracy, but it does not, as people have stopped using the dual VCR copy method long ago.
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