Re: HDMI - racerguy - Video Asylum

Re: HDMI

Posted by racerguy on February 25, 2006 at 17:18:01

In Reply to: HDMI posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 25, 2006 at 09:33:44:

>> I think if you asked most people they would prefer to run just one cable to their display rather than three separate cables.<<

Sure. There isn't always a choice though. For instance, in my area the only way to get HD via cable is to use component video cables - the cable company does not support DVI/HDMI on their HD cable boxes.

>> By the way, HDCP-compliant displays (starting with DVI-HDCP, then later HDMI) have been around for at least 3 years -- not just 6 - 8 months ago.<<

I have a HD-capable RPTV that I bought in 2001. The 2003 version of the same TV added a DVI conection. I don't know if it was HDCP-compliant though. It matters not - many people bought displays during the same timeframe I bought mine. They are all in the same artificially-created predicament.

>>As for delivering full resolution, many older displays can't handle it via their analog component connections<<

And that's true even today. It's even true for some new displays with digital connections. Many older displays and projectors _can_ handle it though - my RPTV can handle 1080i just fine.

The basic issue is that there are many HD-capable TVs and projectors sold prior to your 3-year mark that work perfectly well, and handle full HD without any problems. Quite a few of them (especially the projectors) were very expensive, and I am quite sure that most people, other than freakishly obsessive videophiles, will not be willing to toss that expensive, fully-functional display on the trash heap just because some idiot bean counter at a media company decides they should get an inferior down-rez because their display doesn't support HDCP. They'll simply skip the new disc technology until either a) the media companies see the light, or b) their current displays break and they need to buy a new one. If someone has a 720p or 1080i-capable TV, they'll expect to be able to view hi-rez video at the full resolution the TV can produce, not at some paranoid bean-counter's arbitrarily-chosen resolution.

So, unless the media companies come to this realization, HD-DVD/Blu-ray will be a mass market failure - a niche market at best, a marketing disaster at worst.

>>Furthermore, send complaint letters to all of the places of business where you purchase your movie software. Let them know that they are losing potential sales due to what certain software suppliers (the offending studios) are doing.<<

A waste of time, effort and money. Letters from a handful of cranky consumers don't go as far as they used to. If they did, SACD and DVD-A wouldn't be dying on the vine. I simply won't buy a hi-rez video player or software unless and until this issue is resolved. I prefer to vote with my wallet.

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Great article on HD DVD - clarkjohnsen 10:59:21 02/24/06 (27)

Re: the real issue - Estes 19:09:25 02/25/06 (4)

Re: the real issue - unclestu52 23:51:07 02/26/06 (2)

Addendum - unclestu52 09:50:48 02/27/06 (0)

Sorta... - jbmcb 07:16:33 02/27/06 (0)

Pretty much how I view it. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:11:50 02/26/06 (0)

no it's not - Joe Murphy Jr 21:22:09 02/24/06 (18)

Who cares about HDMI? - racerguy 08:41:34 02/25/06 (15)

You'll NEVER see HD DVD through anything except HDMI - EdM 11:43:56 03/02/06 (1)

That's why it will fail in the market (nt) - racerguy 18:53:19 03/04/06 (0)

If there using componet instead of DVI or HDMI they don't know or care about what their missing - GTF 11:15:46 02/25/06 (6)

Only the most recent versions of TVs have digital video inputs - racerguy 16:47:57 02/25/06 (5)

My TV is over 2 years old. - GTF 21:33:51 02/25/06 (4)

I consider that "recent" - don't you? (nt) - racerguy 07:40:33 02/26/06 (3)

Thats not considered recent in the video world. (nt) - Jack G 05:01:50 02/27/06 (2)

Outside of the "video world," most consumers would disagree (nt) - racerguy 08:44:01 02/27/06 (1)

True. (nt) - Jack G 08:46:25 02/27/06 (0)

HDMI - Joe Murphy Jr 09:33:44 02/25/06 (5)

Re: HDMI - racerguy 17:18:01 02/25/06 (4)

Funny: - unclestu52 23:30:47 02/26/06 (3)

Re: Funny: - pkell44 17:26:55 03/12/06 (0)

You have completely missed the point (nt) - racerguy 08:41:09 02/27/06 (0)

Re: Funny: - Jack G 05:14:02 02/27/06 (0)

Atta boy, Joe - unclestu52 23:57:20 02/24/06 (1)

there's actually more misinformation - Joe Murphy Jr 07:31:07 02/25/06 (0)

This is why hi-rez video will be a mass-market failure (nt) - racerguy 16:33:09 02/24/06 (1)

That's how I was reading it. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:17:59 02/25/06 (0)

Yeah. We know. No surprise. - Kal Rubinson 13:52:00 02/24/06 (0)

Follow Ups

Re: HDMI - racerguy 17:18:01 02/25/06 (4)

Funny: - unclestu52 23:30:47 02/26/06 (3)

Re: Funny: - pkell44 17:26:55 03/12/06 (0)

You have completely missed the point (nt) - racerguy 08:41:09 02/27/06 (0)

Re: Funny: - Jack G 05:14:02 02/27/06 (0)

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