at CES 2006, michael dell reminded the audience that computer users have had high resolution displays above and beyond any high definition consumer box. a HD signal of 1280 x 720 could easily fit on a SXGA 1280 x 1024 and a UXGA 1600 x 1200 panel. higher resolution panels include the WUXGA 1920 x 1200 and a WQXGA 2560 x 1600 fit a highest HD signal of 1920 x 1080. the dell 3007WFP panel lives up to the WQXGA format, but for the first time including a DVI-HDCP input, allowing the use of future protected content from a blu-ray or HD DVD consumer player.
it always seemed foolish that after spending $1000 or even $2000 on a display, you could not hook up a ATSC HD tuner. with DVI-HDCP the tables turn, and any valid DVI signal will be decoded, if it originates from a NVIDIA or ATI card or a next generation disc player. i would suspect that both mac OS X leopard and windows vista will support HDCP for computer playback of protected content.