Apple Macbook's mini Displayport blocks protected video content to be viewed on old TVs
That really sucks if you use a projector to watch protected iTunes video content stored on your new Macbook.
On its latest laptops, Apple used a modern video connector called Mini DisplayPort that checks if the attached displays can keep the video content protected and secure to prevent piracy/illegal copying. Of course, that’s the case for the latest digital flat screen TVs. But not for older TV sets, VGA monitors or projectors (rear or front).
This could become an even bigger problem when the next generations of Mac mini – probably to be launched early next year during the MacWorld conference – will also include the same DisplayPort connector. More so than Macbooks, Mac minis are used as set-top-box connected directly to a TV/projector.
In that case, you’d also have to upgrade your TV. That can’t be bad for the economy, right?!
