A customer must be an HDMI adopter to buy any part's which is HDMI capable.
Receiver chipset's:
Non Keyed Part/Non HDCP (-P Part's):
Customer needs to be an HDMI adopter.
HDCP Support/Keyed Part(Non -P Part's):
Customer needs to both HDMI and HDCP adopter.
Transmitter chipset's:
Non Keyed Part/Keyed Part's:
Customer needs to be an HDMI adopter but does not need to be an HDCP adopter (Missing Wiki Page)
Key Terms
HDMI License:
Please note that if a product is HDMI compliant or references HDMI in any way, the customer is required to be HDMI licensed. Furthermore, if a board is built with an HDMI connector or HDMI is mentioned in any documentation, the customer must obtain an HDMI license.
HDCP License:
For HDCP, Before we sell keyed receivers parts, We verify the customer is an HDCP adopter. This is ADI's policy and was generated in conjunction with our lawyers and DCP. Please review Licensing | Digital CP for any licensing concerns.
Receivers with HDCP keys require HDCP licenses to purchase (Then only the chip can able to support the consumer HDMI sources(For example Players).
Source Code:
Customer needs to be an adopter of HDMI and HDCP in order to receive the source code project
To Purchase Eval Board:
Customer needs to be an adopter of HDMI and HDCP adaptor to purchase the evaluation board.
HDMI/HDCP Adopter:
By using the link below, we can find out whether the end customer is a licensed one or not
HDCP Adopters | Digital CP
HDMI Adopters & Affiliates
Note: Customers need to be an 'HDMI/HDCP' adopter regardless of what they are trying to do. Kindly check here for the terms,
HDMI: www.HDMI.org
HDCP: www.digital-cp.com
Thanks,
Poornima S