Posted by Niall Leonard on 09/21/97 11:33

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 11:22:55 -0000, "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>>
>> But personally If I were buying a new main TV I would not buy one
>> without HDMI.
>>
>
>I believe you are both confusing HDMI with HDCP.
>HDMI is the digital connector -like DVI. It does both picture and
>sound -unlike DVI as you say, which does just picture.
>
>You can buy HDMI and DVI equipment that does not have HDCP.
>
>HDCP is the "copyright protection" system that Sky will be insisting on
>(from what I hear) if you want to get that at some stage.
>
>
>So basically, to be as future-proof as possible, you would need a
>HDTV-ready, HDCP-capable screen (tv, front/rear projector).
>As long as it has HDCP it _will_ have either hdmi or dvi.
>
So the screen/projector has to have HDCP as well as the unit that
supplies it? I thought there would be one standard HDCP decoder box
that would output a signal via HDMI to your projector. But then of
course, what would stop you from feeding that decoded signal to a
recorder?

Bugger. I've misled someone on another newsgroup as well. Better go
and own up.
>
>...although my guess is that anyone with that gear will likely sell it
>before all of those 'standards' are required. I think anyone buying a plasma
>tv in particular at this time needs to examine their priorities. ...Sets
>with those specs are uselessly overpriced. Sets without are/ will be
>worthless soon.
>Sets with will drop in price _dramatically_ once broadcasting standards
>become well known/ widely available.
>
>
>...And by the way... <ahem>... I've been "HD Ready" for over 2 years now
>with my Sony HS10 projector. :)

oo-OO-oo, get you.

:-}

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