HDCP is problematic at any distance it's the outright guts of these people to decide for the rest of us that it is time for new equipment! I am a dealer just like most of you and hey it's going to bring me business, however it's going to bring a lot of heartache also. I am very loyal to my customers and I am sick of Hollywood and the equipment mfgs dictating. There are just so many things they do that pisses me off "letterbox" well kiss my @#$ who the hell wants those bars...am I watching the way you intended hollywierd..how about the way I want..it's my stuff!

At the end of the day they are going to do what they think benefits them not us or our customers. I can't go back and add HDCP or HDMI after the fact in a 20k sq. ft house that is finished. Since the equipment room houses everything how are you supposed to get it there now. I will just lie low and let the geeks work it out..till then I am going to keep doing it the way I know it w2orks!