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That's a lot of acronyms for one headline, I know, but bear with me. In a move that has the potential for both good and bad, the trade group responsible for the popular USB format has announced that it will roll out this year a version of USB that can carry compressed high-definition video. HDMI is currently the cable of choice for HD technology (though video is carried uncompresed on HDMI cables).
So basically USB cables can now be used to carry video, but it has the same copy protection as HDMI? Even though USB is fairly common, it's not that common on A/V equipment, and so I fail to see the need for yet another digital video connection standard, and one that has DRM as well. And will this mean future USB cables and devices will all need DRM to ensure you can't copy files to "unauthorised" devices?