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Posted by Goro on 10/05/95 11:38
Steve K. wrote:
> Mark Jones wrote:
> > nospam@nospam.com wrote:
> >> How ingenious the plan is? I pitty those Best Buy Salespersons who
> >> will need to explain analogue downconvert and then player upconvert to
> >> potential buyers. As if all these differences between LCD, LCD
> >> projection, DLP, DLP Led, Plasma, Blue Ray, HD DVD are not enough to
> >> make Joe Six Packs?head spin. The end result is that Joe will
> >> probably just walk out the door with his money in his pocket without
> >> buying a thing.
> > I won't buy a disk that does this. I am connected to my 65 inch HDTV
> > using the RGB component connections. I have had this TV long enough
> > that it isn't equipped with all of the digital connections.
> >
> > I tend to buy quite a few DVDs, but I guess these guys aren't interested
> > in my money any more.
> >
> >
> I'm with 'ya on that. Besides, if the signal sent through component
> cables is analog, then by definition you cannot make a perfect bit for
> bit copy of it. If that is the case, then we have a right to "Fair use"
> of the signal since it will degrade naturally. There should be nothing
> to down convert the signal. By the industry forcing the down convert
> the are making perfectly good equipment not perform to it's fullest
> capacity. This is ridiculous. When S-Video came out, did it change the
> way composite worked? When component came out, did it change the way
> S-Video worked? There's really no reason that HDMI DRM needs to disable
> or down convert an analog HD signal. This is the first time a newer
> technology is limiting existing technology with these connectors. It's
> insane. I'll pass on the whole mess. I'm sticking with DVD for now.
>
> I hope the HD media war is a costly one and that both formats die and
> all the big players lose billions. I'll guarantee there will be hacks
> on computers that will get around and DRM and instantly grant bit for
> bit copies. I'm sure we'll see players from China that come out that
> don't do the down convert as well.
Japan, probably. There's apparently a law in Japan that says you can't
degrade the signal at all. And that's in place until 2009 or so.
-goro-
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