Posted by Beck on 03/25/06 09:20

AirRaid1500@gmail.com wrote:

> "Of course, we were interested in why Sony did not run the units with
> HDMI. There may be an obvious explanation, but we received some
> surprising answers from Sony's staff. First, we were told that it
> isn't easy to get a hold of HDMI-equipped TVs. We found this to be
> very strange, because after all we were at the Sony booth and all the
> television sets had HDMI inputs. On the second try, we were told that
> the reason for not using HDMI was that Sony did not have any HDMI
> cables and that "they are difficult to find". Matt Butrovich, a former
> intern with Tom's Hardware and who walked the show floor with us,
> offered the staff to use one of the HDMI cables he actually had in his
> car and connect the PS3 with the TVs. Sony officials turned down the
> offer and we were left without seeing the demos in HD."
>
>
> please explain what the LIKELY situation is with the HDMI
> specifications, and what this implies for Playstation3.

That is one of the most bizarre things I have read in ages. Why, if their
intent was to show off the PS3 in HDMI, did they not take the cables with
them?
Even more bizarre is why they turned down the offer to borrow some.
Reminds me of youngsters who brag about owning something they do not really
have...

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