ICT is a function of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) encryption used on HD DVD discs, not HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection).
AACS encrypts the content, HDCP just protects the digital link between all items in the chain (ie disc -> decoder -> graphics card -> display).
ICT only applies to analogue connections, and as VGA and component are both analogue, if it's turned on then the 360 has to downscale the output.
However, since it's unlikely to be implemented until the Blu-ray/HD DVD war is out of the way, for fear of confusing consumers even more and putting them off one format, it's likely that either an HDMI cable for the 360 will exist by then or a successor to the 360 with HDMI built in.
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Re: VGA
Hi Lee,
ICT is a function of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) encryption used on HD DVD discs, not HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection).
AACS encrypts the content, HDCP just protects the digital link between all items in the chain (ie disc -> decoder -> graphics card -> display).
ICT only applies to analogue connections, and as VGA and component are both analogue, if it's turned on then the 360 has to downscale the output.
However, since it's unlikely to be implemented until the Blu-ray/HD DVD war is out of the way, for fear of confusing consumers even more and putting them off one format, it's likely that either an HDMI cable for the 360 will exist by then or a successor to the 360 with HDMI built in.
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