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Thanks - I totally missed the 'up to' part!
Jason
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Rodolfo La Maestra
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 3:13 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Blu-Ray 1080i over component?
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Jason,
Shane had it right on his first answer, on the second I suspect he was
referring to upconversion to
1080i of a source that is less than 1080i using the component analog
connection of the player. Your
question was more to the case of Hi-def DVD players playing Hi-def DVDs.
Let me try to address both:
ALL Hi-def DVDs (discs) will have to respect the AACS rules if protected,
part of those rules is
"allowing" the content provider to use the Token in a disc for a player to
downres to 540p/960 over
component analog. At the choice of the content provider he/she might choose
not to use the Token
(like Sony), on those cases there will be 1080i over component analog, early
adopters of HDTV would
be looking for those studios/discs (and format/players of course) so they
can still use their TVs at
1080i from the player.
The players are all capable of 1080i output (and some as 1080p), but they
are also capable to react
to the Token. So the article is wrong by not covering the subject 100%. A
weakness of many
journalists is to produce articles that create confusion by leaving some
doors open by omission,
sometimes intentional to attract readership, sometimes because they do not
know well the subject,
the end result is the same confusion for the readership that reads to learn.
Regarding the 1080i upconversion limitation of regular DVDs over component
analog, it will not be
changed by the above. CSS protection in a regular DVD will be read by the
player, the player will
transform the CSS protection into HDCP to the DVI or HDMI output to
upconvert the 480ix720 movie to
1080i (up to p60fps in the case of Sony hi-def player), but still limit to
480p the resolution over
component analog. The token is for hi-def discs only and operates over AACS
not CSS; I have not
read one line about AACS specs now changing the way CSS makes a player react
to regular DVDs in
upconversion over component, not even to 540p rather than 480p, but rules
and specs are changed
every day.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
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M. Shane Sturgeon
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Blu-Ray 1080i over component?
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It says "up to". HD DVD will also display "up to" 1080i over component.
-- M. Shane Sturgeon
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Shane: " Owners of TV sets without an HDMI connector will
be able to watch up to a 1080-line interlaced signal"
this says it would output 1080i over component. It may be incorrect, but
that's how I'm reading it. Are you reading it differently, or saying it's
incorrect (or incomplete)?
Jason
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Shane Sturgeon
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:39 AM
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Not exactly.
"As a concession to content providers, the full HD output will only be
available via an HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) connector that
supports copy protection. Owners of TV sets without an HDMI connector will
be able to watch up to a 1080-line interlaced signal, which is the second
highest rank of high-definition picture."
As with HD DVD, titles which utilize the Image Constraint Token will be
downrezzed to 540p over component.
-- M. Shane Sturgeon
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This article claims that the Sony player will output 1080i for owners of
TV's without HDMI.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2006031 ... rld/125126
If this is true, I could live with this. Its certainly a step up from
480p. However, I suspect its dependant on the content owner allowing it.
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