nthfinity
03-24-2006, 01:11 AM
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are competting to be the new standard for HD movies. You've probably seen them, the HDTV's, and probably atleast thought about how nice it would be to have one in your TV room.
Some of you may have bought one, or know some one who's bought one. Figured, watch HDTV, when the HD movies come out, u'll be ready for it. Spent maybe even $2000 on that TV. Like, a few months ago? What kind of plugs does it have? RCA, Component, S-Video and maybe even DVI. If you got one recently, however, you have one more called HDMI. Note I say recently, because HDTV's have been on the market a long time now.
Sony has just annouced recently (note i say recently) that the format Blu-Ray is going with is HDMI, and HDMI only. Meaning, no other kinds of cables will be useable with HD home movies.
How many people have bought HDTV's these past few years they have been out?
.... vs. a "good" review
If you're one of those few people who rushed out and bought an analog HD display (like the 1993 model pictured above), you may actually be able to find some use for it. Sony Pictures has announced that it won't downsample Blu-ray output for analog sets, which don't support HDMI. That means you'll be able to watch full-res output if you hook up your Blu-ray player to your old display, rather than the 960x540 that could be outputted using the Image Constraint Token. While we're a little surprised that Sony would actually come out and do something so consumer-friendly, we're not that shocked. After all, the number of people with analog HD sets is relatively small compared to the overall market, Sony's piracy concerns have to do with digital copying, and, of course, Sony's in a battle for market share, and if this is a way to win a few more customers over to the Blu-ray camp, they're gonna do it.
personally, i see this as total dienfranchiesment; and with shit like macromedia cutting off anything that might downsample such a signal... im sure there will be a specific aftermarket coming of this...
and a little more depth --> including the comments
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/001657.html
Some of you may have bought one, or know some one who's bought one. Figured, watch HDTV, when the HD movies come out, u'll be ready for it. Spent maybe even $2000 on that TV. Like, a few months ago? What kind of plugs does it have? RCA, Component, S-Video and maybe even DVI. If you got one recently, however, you have one more called HDMI. Note I say recently, because HDTV's have been on the market a long time now.
Sony has just annouced recently (note i say recently) that the format Blu-Ray is going with is HDMI, and HDMI only. Meaning, no other kinds of cables will be useable with HD home movies.
How many people have bought HDTV's these past few years they have been out?
.... vs. a "good" review
If you're one of those few people who rushed out and bought an analog HD display (like the 1993 model pictured above), you may actually be able to find some use for it. Sony Pictures has announced that it won't downsample Blu-ray output for analog sets, which don't support HDMI. That means you'll be able to watch full-res output if you hook up your Blu-ray player to your old display, rather than the 960x540 that could be outputted using the Image Constraint Token. While we're a little surprised that Sony would actually come out and do something so consumer-friendly, we're not that shocked. After all, the number of people with analog HD sets is relatively small compared to the overall market, Sony's piracy concerns have to do with digital copying, and, of course, Sony's in a battle for market share, and if this is a way to win a few more customers over to the Blu-ray camp, they're gonna do it.
personally, i see this as total dienfranchiesment; and with shit like macromedia cutting off anything that might downsample such a signal... im sure there will be a specific aftermarket coming of this...
and a little more depth --> including the comments
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/001657.html