JoDark said:This is such crap, and the fanboys want to say it's good. HDMI is freaking DRM BS, HDCP is there to stop you from copying in HD, so the reality is that if you get a PS3, and have only one HDMI/DVI input, where you likely have a cable box/sat box... then you are screwed out of watching the movies in HD. Thanks alot Hollywood.
Oh, there there's the fact that HDMI is a new format, so that most HDTV's bought before this year don't support it. Makes me feel happy that my ~10k HDTV , last years best RPHDTV from SONY, may not work for their HD movies... Thanks alot Sony.
Someone needs to come in and slap these idiots.
And btw, the best HD channels on Digital Cable look KILLER on this set, and identical as far as I can see in either component or DVI into this TV. 70" Grand Wega btw.
This is such crap, and the fanboys want to say it's good. HDMI is freaking DRM BS, HDCP is there to stop you from copying in HD, so the reality is that if you get a PS3, and have only one HDMI/DVI input, where you likely have a cable box/sat box... then you are screwed out of watching the movies in HD. Thanks alot Hollywood.
Oh, there there's the fact that HDMI is a new format, so that most HDTV's bought before this year don't support it. Makes me feel happy that my ~10k HDTV , last years best RPHDTV from SONY, may not work for their HD movies... Thanks alot Sony.
Someone needs to come in and slap these idiots.
And btw, the best HD channels on Digital Cable look KILLER on this set, and identical as far as I can see in either component or DVI into this TV. 70" Grand Wega btw.
Onix said:That's weird, but could be affected by many things.And btw, the best HD channels on Digital Cable look KILLER on this set, and identical as far as I can see in either component or DVI into this TV. 70" Grand Wega btw.
mrklaw said:as I said, this HDCP is a fucked up knee-jerk reaction by the MPAA and studios to 'protect' their content.
all that will happen is that people with TVs more than a year old are fucked. Thats a lot of people that bought HD sets early - exactly the kinds of people you want to buy bluray etc.
And the pirates will still figure out a way to copy it, so the only people it will affect are us consumers.
SoVos20 said:HDCP is more than a year old. It is a few years old actually. It just wasn't common on TVs a few years ago but it was there. The Samsung DLP had it for a few years. It was just mostly found on more expensive DLP, LCD, and CRT rather than the lower priced ones a few years ago.
vatstep said:I'm buying an HD set soon and am trying to decide between two practically identical Samsung sets - except for the the fact that one has HDMI and one has DVI (and is $70 cheaper). Regardless of the one I buy, I plan on using component to hook up my consoles and cable box for the time being. When PS3 comes out, whether or not it's completely compatible with component (for games and ALL movies) will dictate if I upgrade to HDMI connections (or a DVI>HDMI adapter, if I buy the other TV). I really don't see any need to use DVI/HDMI now, since the quality increase over component seems to be neglibible (unless you're using a 50ft component cable on a 60" TV).
Well I know that on the set that uses DVI, it's HDCP-compatible (spec sheet specifically says "DVI-HDTV Interface with HDCP Copy Protection"). I'm just assuming that on any DVI>HDMI adapters (which I might need since the PS3 doesn't have DVI-out), the copy-protection scheme would carry through. Hopefully that's correct.mrklaw said:If you don't have a HDCP compatible HDMI connector on your TV, you may be unable to watch bluray movies on your PS3. They may not work when using component at all. Up to you if thats worth betting $70 on.
vatstep said:I'm buying an HD set soon and am trying to decide between two practically identical Samsung sets - except for the the fact that one has HDMI and one has DVI (and is $70 cheaper). Regardless of the one I buy, I plan on using component to hook up my consoles and cable box for the time being. When PS3 comes out, whether or not it's completely compatible with component (for games and ALL movies) will dictate if I upgrade to HDMI connections (or a DVI>HDMI adapter, if I buy the other TV). I really don't see any need to use DVI/HDMI now, since the quality increase over component seems to be neglibible (unless you're using a 50ft component cable on a 60" TV).
BigGreenMat said:Correct me if I am wrong
1. All-digital gives the highest quality available.
HDMI is the only interface in consumer electronics that can carry both uncompressed high-definition (HD) video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in all HD formats including 720p, 1080I and even upcoming 1080p. An all-digital, uncompressed signal translates into the highest quality video and audio, seen and heard, direct from the source.
mrklaw said:OK, thats even worse then. Whoever mandates this shit knew that the solution was on the market but not being purchased by consumers.
Fuckem. If Bluray isn't compatible with component output, I'll have my DVDs ripened by my PS3..
Now that is the good reason to use HDMI audio. Uncompressed, multi-channel digital audio is nothing SPDIF can do.Yusaku said:
Supasso said:Now that is the good reason to use HDMI audio. Uncompressed, multi-channel digital audio is nothing SPDIF can do.
SoVos20 said:2003 is when HDCP was actually introduce on any significant amount of TVs, if you bought your HD after 2003 and you didn't buy one with HDCP DVI port then that is your bad. You should have bought a TV with one. If you bought your TV before DVI HDCP really came to the market then sorry for you but it is time for a new TV.