Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/13/96 11:40

Goro (evilninjax@yahoo.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
|> We've been told by
|> player manufacturing sources involved with HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc that
|> version 1.0 of the HDMI spec may only allow video pass-thru up to
|> 1080i. On the other hand, we're also hearing that the HDMI people claim
|> their spec CAN pass full 1080p, but that the manufacturers are cutting
|> corners on their first generation players to save profit margins and
|> are trying to pass the buck on the HDMI spec.

Since the video portion of HDMI is 100% DVI-D compatible and I'm running
a 1920x1080/60p DVI-D output to a computer monitor, of *course* HDMI is
fully 1080p compatible.

I don't know who player manufacturers think they are trying to fool.

--
Jeff Rife | "Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But
| then you get to the end and a gorilla starts
| throwing barrels at you."
| -- Philip J. Fry, "Futurama"

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