Posted by Niall Leonard on 09/21/71 11:33

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 05:15:10 +0000, Mo <Mo@curly.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:24:07 +0000, Colin Mckechnie wrote
>(in article <438f3fb3$0$18987$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>):
>
>> I assumed if a TV had HDMI it was HD ready however seems im wrong whats the
>> difference? I will be purchasing one for my new 360 and just checking to see
>> what i should be looking for?
>>
>>
>
>AFAIK it needs an HDMI input to be completely HD ready. Both the new DVD
>standard and Sky's high definition will require this in order to offer
>content protection to the programme makers. If it doesn't have HDMI then the
>only HD content you will be able to play is what you produce yourself or
>download from the internet.

A TV with high enough resolution and component inputs can be marketed
as 'HD ready', as you can input HD through component, though the
signal has to be converted to analogue at some point.

However component signals cannot be copy-protected so when
copyprotected HD content comes out you will need a HDMI connection to
view it.

Apparently DVI signals can also be copy-protected so perhaps some of
the decoders will have DVI out as well as HDMI. (Since DVI only
carries picture you would have to connect the sound seperately.)

But personally If I were buying a new main TV I would not buy one
without HDMI.

nl

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