4K UHD Blu-ray Playback on PC Desktop is officially dead in 2021?

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Originally Posted by LexInHD

Tiger Lake is mobile and doesn't have SGX. It's predecessor (Ice Lake) has it. Going forward, it is now only available in select desktop and workstation/server CPUs (Comet Lake has it) and will likely be phased out all together, once Intel begins using the new Microsoft/Qualcomm security processor in it's new chips. Digital Rights Management and encryption are the only consumer application that really ever employed it, while it's used in professional and enterprise software that utilizes encryption keys. Because it's been used for several security attacks and was always turned on by default, Intel has basically dumped it from it's consumer products.

Yes, Tiger Lake is a mobile processor but before I found out that Tiger Lake did not include SGX, I was hoping that a Panther Canyon NUC might have potential as an HTPC. I guess I will wait and see if the BDA has any interest in the Pluton chip for preventing UHD Blu-ray decryption from being hacked.