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Ive read that the Hollywood studios are using Advanced Access Content System (AACS) to protect their high-definition content. Is AACS an alternative to HDCP?

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Ive read that the Hollywood studios are using Advanced Access Content System (AACS) to protect their high-definition content. Is AACS an alternative to HDCP?

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No, the two are complementary. AACS is the content protection for the video on the DVDs and HDCP is the content protection on the HDMI link between the DVD player and the TV. AACS is a stronger replacement for the current content protection on today’s standard-definition DVDs (which has been broken). The DVD player will decrypt the AACS-encrypted content coming off the HD-DVD or Blu-ray disc and then send the content over the protected HDMI link (using HDCP) to the HDTV.