High Definition Monitors! Are You Ready?

Like many trends for 2007 high definition monitors look like to take off the back of Vista launch, and it could be a bumper year for display manufacturers.Although large 1,680 x 1,050 resolution screens have been around for a while and are increasingly affordable,many of them will be useless when it comes to playing the next generation of films and TV show from HD,DVD and Blue Ray disc on Vista,cause they don't include a new Digital Rights Management system built into new OS.Intel's HDCP ( High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection ) is designed to ensure HD video is encrypted at every stage of transmission ,from disc through graphics card and monitor.

So,if you are planning to buy a HD monitor, make sure it has the magical compliance,otherwise , images could be stripped back to DVD quality or worse.Vista will spark another display trend too,with the idea that bigger is better.With monitor manufacturers already rushing to squeeze TV tuners into their hot cake 22in screens,Microsoft recently announced it would brand a 22in display made by Samsung: a large widescreen is the ideal environment for making the most of Vista's graphics Microsoft.