Posted by Steve K. on 01/12/55 11:38

Mark Jones wrote:
> nospam@nospam.com wrote:
>> How ingenious the plan is? I pitty those Best Buy Salespersons who
>> will need to explain analogue downconvert and then player upconvert to
>> potential buyers. As if all these differences between LCD, LCD
>> projection, DLP, DLP Led, Plasma, Blue Ray, HD DVD are not enough to
>> make Joe Six Packs?head spin. The end result is that Joe will
>> probably just walk out the door with his money in his pocket without
>> buying a thing.
> I won't buy a disk that does this. I am connected to my 65 inch HDTV
> using the RGB component connections. I have had this TV long enough
> that it isn't equipped with all of the digital connections.
>
> I tend to buy quite a few DVDs, but I guess these guys aren't interested
> in my money any more.
>
>
I'm with 'ya on that. Besides, if the signal sent through component
cables is analog, then by definition you cannot make a perfect bit for
bit copy of it. If that is the case, then we have a right to "Fair use"
of the signal since it will degrade naturally. There should be nothing
to down convert the signal. By the industry forcing the down convert
the are making perfectly good equipment not perform to it's fullest
capacity. This is ridiculous. When S-Video came out, did it change the
way composite worked? When component came out, did it change the way
S-Video worked? There's really no reason that HDMI DRM needs to disable
or down convert an analog HD signal. This is the first time a newer
technology is limiting existing technology with these connectors. It's
insane. I'll pass on the whole mess. I'm sticking with DVD for now.

I hope the HD media war is a costly one and that both formats die and
all the big players lose billions. I'll guarantee there will be hacks
on computers that will get around and DRM and instantly grant bit for
bit copies. I'm sure we'll see players from China that come out that
don't do the down convert as well.

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