[opendtv] NZ DTT
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:10:13 -0400
Barry Wilkins wrote:
> Greetings:
> News from Kiwi land.
> Freeview HD (DTTV) is due to officially launch here on April 2nd.
>
> Spec:
> DVB-T, MPEG4/H.264, AAC+ audio. MHEG5 middleware. See Kordia
> website for full spec.
Exciting!
> I personally will be holding off getting one of these Freeview
> HD STBs until I can be sure of obtaining a version that outputs
> 720p from the analogue component outputs. The present units
> convert HD to SD on these outputs and 720p and 1080i is only
> available from the HDMI port. I only have DVI input on my
> screen.
In theory, if your monitor does DVI with HDCP, it should be compatible
with an HDMI source. I say "in theory" only because the one opportunity
I had to see this in action did not work. Even though I bought a
ridiculously expensive cable HDMI-to-DVI cable.
Of course, audio would have to be separate. DVI doesn't do audio.
Luckily, the component outputs from the Accurian box definitely did
support HD, either 1080i or 720p, so no big problem in our case. A
friend who got Verizon FiOS service recently said that the tech that
came to install his system (with Verizon's proprietary STB of course)
didn't even try the HDMI interface.
I trust the teething problems with HDMI have been resolved by now.
Bert
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