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Are you shopping at Ringling Bros?

If not, someone needs to tell them their clowns are loose. You might want to see if there's a reward.

The Fujitsu should have a DVI input. If not, it's probably a 2002 or earlier model. The 2003s have DVI-HDCP inputs.* In the video department, DVI and HDMI are more or less the same. HDMI adds the capability of digital audio and some control signals (so components can talk to each other) -- not much to gain for a display: it's more geared towards linking source components and/with receivers/processors. For the most part, DVI-HDCP vs HDMI ends in a tie for displays.

That said, when true 1920x1080p displays become available, HDMI has the bandwidth for this resolution. Single-link DVI will handle 1080i and 720p resolution, what's available today, quite easily. There are currently no native 1080p sources and no native 1080p plasmas. Samsung, LG Electronics and Fujitsu may change that in late 2004. Rest assured, prices for these 70"+ plasmas will start at about $20k, so start fasting now.

If you have a DVI capable DVD player, you can get a DVI-to-HDMI cable from Panasonic for $40US. All of the digital video will be transferred to the display. I think the HDMI-to-HDMI cables, for DVD players that will have an HDMI output, will run about $50US.


* Fujitsu: DVI-HDCP on current models

HD model
http://www.plasmavision.com/P42VHA20US.html

ED model
http://www.plasmavision.com/P42HHA10WS.html

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