secure hdcp on/off - what does that mean?

[pack82]

hi when i turn on my 360 i get a message saying 'secure hdcp on' then about 20 seconds later it says 'secure hdcp off'
any help me to what this means? i cant use the streaming music thing as my xbox wont pick up my laptop - you think its to do with that?

 

[PrettyGreen]

HDCP is "High Definition Copy Protection" and is employed on HDMI to prevent illegal copying of copyrighted Hi-Def content. All HDMI enabled devices must have HDCP included or else hi-def material, such as HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will not play via HDMI. All I can think is that you have an Elite. By default, the Elite has HDCP disabled, but if you use a HD-DVD drive with it, it turns HDCP on when protected material is detected. Is it possible this may be what's causing it?

 

[pack82]

I see thanks, come to think of it its when i have a dvd in the drive - yes i have an elite but not the hd dvd drive (yet!) so its nothing to worry about.

thanks for the post.

 

[dan1979]

HDCP will also affect upscaling of DVD's over HDMI.

 

[pack82]

so if it says deactivated which it does its not upscalling my dvds??

 

[PrettyGreen]

It only affects material with HDCP on it. Ordinary dvd's do not employ HDCP.

 

[glenann]

Not wanting to be particular, but we must get our acronyms right.... HDCP stands for "high-bandwidth digital-content protection". So there!
........and it means exactly the same as you said!