Closer Look: HDCP 2.2

Projection content from Live Design: At one point or another, HDCP has probably stumped all of us. HDCP problems can be difficult to identify and aren’t often the first thing you begin troubleshooting when your setup won’t work. Established in 2000 and adopted in 2004, HDCP is a protocol that is meant to protect copyrighted content from being redistributed illegally while still being able to view it in the privacy of your own home. By description, it sounds like a perfectly acceptable idea, but in practice, it might just be one of the worst things ever created. It causes headaches not only for consumers, but also for professionals with complicated AV setups. What this generally means for us is when a system is setup, no content makes it to the display and the display is black or shows an error message. These problems can be challenging to troubleshoot.