Thanks -- their "projector" analogy didn't ring a bell with my standard dual-monitor setup. I wasn't trying to display the movie on both screens, but it seems CyberLink is unaware of which monitor it is running, so long as the system as a second available.
Disabling the monitor from the display control panel lets me play video... of course now I can't play video and work at the same time.
There has to be a work-around for this, since *so* many people with high end machines have dual monitors.... and all the new 30" screens are dual input single monitors. Does anyone know within which driver set the problem exists? PDVD for not detecting which monitor it's running on? NVidia for not ??, MS because they are...
Lastly, in a last ditch effort to still make a legally purchased movie work in a brand new $7,000 new computer without turning off half of my display functionality, I found a program called "AnyDVD" from "SlySoft.com". It appears to have the ability to remove this god-foresaken HDCP -- as well as do a bunch of other stuff I could care less about.
Is these a similar program that can be purchased that works around the HDCP dual monitor issues without all of the other 'copy' components in AnyDVD? Or is this even a good path to go down to get the movies *I purchased* working on the new hardware I purchased at extra costs to support this new-fangled poorly thought out copy protection scheme?
I'm frustrated, but thankeful to those who can help shed some light on this, and hopefully make a post that will help the many more certain to come after me with the same issues.
Thanks again,
Scott