Posted by Derek Janssen on 11/14/06 23:36

Joshua Zyber wrote:
> "tekki" <news@dvdlibrary.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:5q-dnV2STf7YRMTYRVnygg@bt.com...
>
>>What you are all missing is the fact that these players will only
>>output
>>protected content, i.e. bluray films via the hdmi, so only any use if
>>you
>>have a tv that supports the new hdmi v.13 socket.
>
> Both HD DVD and Blu-ray players are capable from a hardware perspective
> of allowing full High Definition video to be output over analog
> Component Video. In the future, some discs may be encoded with an Image
> Constraint Token (ICT) that will automatically reduce the video
> resolution of the Component connections to either 480p or 540p output.
> However, as yet no discs contain that flag, and word is that the movie
> studios have an unofficial pact not to employ it until at least 2010.

So, even the two game-players have component connections, instead of
just HDMI?
(I don't know, I'm asking!)

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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