4 HD boxes, 1 HDCP port - the battle for ports

Now it seems that all HD boxes would probably require a connection to a HDCP compliant display. Even if you eschew HDCP as a requirement, you'd still require port per HD box.

So, how many boxes are there vying for your HDCP compliant Digital Video input port (just one today)?

1. Mediacorp has their Humax box
2. Starhub has their Advanced Digital Broadcast box
3. You got your PC
4. Bluray players/recorders are coming
5. HD DVD players/recorders are coming

So you got 5 devices, all with digital outs either in DVI or HDMI, vying for your 1 DVI port and 1 HDMI port, and only 1 of them has HDCP.

How are you going to connect all of them just to ONE display? It's a big laugh. We're going down back to the dark ages where there's nothing except a TV set. What in the world were the TV designers thinking about? They give us loads of component, composite, S-Video connections but just 1 or 2 digital connectors?

There may be a saviour, but it'll put a big US$349 in your pocket, and add one more remote control to your arsenal, and.... a whole lot of workflow. Your grandma may never be able to use a TV again after you install this HD Switcher box, a 4 inputs to 1 output box: http://www.copperbox.com/lite/popinfo.php?lc_code=EXT-HD-441&rodina=yes