Video Asylum

Posted by Auricle (A) on August 25, 2002 at 08:22:26

In Reply to: cfraser had the right connection options the first time . . . posted by Auricle on August 25, 2002 at 08:21:43:

and John G was not entirely correct in his post. Some players downsample, some don't. Some DVD-A's can be played on regular DVD players (usually a DTS track), but you won't get DVD-A.

For now your only choice is the discrete audio outs (that is why the players include them, they had virtually vanished from regular CD and HDCD.) Neither fiber nor digital coax has the capacity for the increased information. Firewire and USB2 do. If they ever settle the debate and set the standard (I suspect they will, and soon) then you will have a single connector option.

Some players now have a firewire port as do some processors but the port doesn't work (well sometimes to a suitable device from the same manufacturer . . . we're talking many thousands of dinero here) and is set for software upgrades when the standard.