Vudu: As noted in the previous troubleshooting article, Vudu varies from Netflix’s note by stating explicitly OS X doesn’t support HDCP for external monitors at all: “…most Apple laptops and desktops (Mac Mini and Mac Pro) do not support HDCP outputs to external monitors. Netflix: No specific browser or plug-in recommendations, but it notes like Vudu, “Apple only supports playback on internal monitors or through HDCP…compatible monitors.”
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We’ll update this story if we receive a reply. Macworld asked Apple for more details, and we’re still waiting to for more insight. Oddly, Apple doesn’t provide information about HDCP, OS X, and external displays on its site. The Apple TV works fine with HDCP and external displays, and in what should be bitter irony, fourth-generation Apple TV apps from Netflix, Hulu, and others, firms that can’t stream DRM-protected video in OS X to an external monitor are perfectly able to while wrapped in the embrace of tvOS. This also prevents using HDCP over AirPlay, because AirPlay-supporting devices apparently also don’t expose to third-party developers whether the associated device is an authorized device. As such, it is currently not possible to detect if the display is HDCP compliant, nor is it possible to engage HDCP.