[TechAssist] Re: Not so HD DVD

This means that you won't be able to use component cables (analog) to
hook up your new HD DVD player to your older HDTV (no HDMI input) and
get a full hi-def quality picture.  You will be able to use an HDMI
cable (digital) to connect to your newer HDTV and get the full hi-def
picture.  This is to prevent the copying of the HD DVD's.  

Kevin Wilks
Kevin's TV Repair
Penticton BC Canada 
kevintv@xxxxxxx


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So much for better tehnology.
Dominic DiLeo
Atlantic TV
Freeport, Maine

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From the opendtv list:

The cable guys are restricted from doing this downconversion by FCC
regs.
Not sure how this is going to change HD VOD/OTA


On 1/25/06, Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> HIGH-DEF FORCED TO DOWN-CONVERT
> In deal reached by eight-company consortium
> By Paul Sweeting  1/23/2006
>
> Some buyers of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc players might not get
> everything they bargained for.
>
> In a deal reached this week after tense negotiations, the
> eight-company consortium behind the Advanced Access Content System,
> created for use by both high-def formats to prevent unauthorized
> copying, has agreed to require hardware makers to bar some high-def
> signals from being sent from players to displays over analog
> connections, sources said.
>
> Instead, the affected analog signal must be "down-converted" from the
> full 1920x1080 lines of resolution the players are capable of
> outputting to 960x540 lines--a resolution closer to standard DVDs
> than to high-def. Standard DVDs are typically encoded at 720
> horizontal by 480 vertical lines of resolution.
>
> The 960x540 standard stipulated in the AACS agreement represents 50%
> higher resolution than standard-def, but only one-quarter the
> resolution of full high-def. Whether a particular movie is
> down-converted will be up to the studio.
>
> The players will be required to recognize and respond to a digital
> flag, called an Image Constraint Token, inserted into the movie data.
>
> If the flag is set to "on," the player must down-convert the analog
> signal. If set to "off," the player can pass the full high-def signal

> over the analog connections.
>
> The studios are divided over whether to require such down-conversion
> and are likely to follow separate policies.
>
> Hardware makers had generally resisted the requirement, but under the
> new deal, ICT recognition will be included in the AACS license that
> all device makers and playback software vendors will have to sign.
>
> ...
>
>
> http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2657


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