Posted by Abe on 11/16/71 11:45

>>I own a 4 year old Philips 34" HDTV with standard 1080i or 420p component
>>video inputs. It DOES NOT have HDMI inputs. Will I be able to receive
>>HD-DVD through my component inputs. I have heard recently that I will not,
>>that I MUST have a HDMI. Well, I love my Philips and I AM NOT about to go
>>out and buy a new TV.
>>If this is true, it will REALLY PISS OFF early adaptors like me.
>Be prepared to be pissed. The current Toshiba HD DVD high def output only
>uses HDMI...primarily to yield to demands for copy protection from the movie
>industry.
I wouldn't be surprised if the places that sell hacked cable boxes
start selling some sort of expensive in-line device that will allow
for HDMI to component video. Not sure if this is really feasible, and
I'm not sure what would happen to the sound.

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