[opendtv] Re: New Sony COO bullish on Blu-ray
- From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 08:41:36 -0400
Like Ron said, 1394 is a transport that should be used for recording and
moving data around an A/V network, and not as a display interface. Sony's
cable box was the only device I can recall coming across that output HD via
1394 that was meant for display purposes.
Don't forget that the same bits being output via 1394 are being stored on a
PVR's hard drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kilroy Hughes" <Kilroy.Hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 1394 output from cable settop boxes never made any sense anyway.
> It was limited to compressed bandwidth for SD video, and it's still
> limited to compressed bandwidth for HD video. A compressed display
> connection is a non-starter in many ways.
>
> One reason is that most of the "value add" of cable (and satellite)
> services, like EPGs, PVR, VOD, VOIP, email, etc. are not provided in the
> MPEG transport streams relayed from broadcast networks. They are
> uncompressed video/graphics rendered in the settop box. =20
>
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