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right, I thought you were just talking about royalties, not license
cost. $10k/year is nothing compared to 4 cents per unit ... for most
manufacturers. Ship 250,000 units per year and it averages to 5 cents
per unit total ... still workable, yes?
I will read your link in the morning ... must get some rest.
Shane Sturgeon
Jason Burroughs wrote:
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> plus $10,000 per year! I still maintain I want to spend < $20 for a 6
> foot digital cable, just like i do with ethernet, fibre channel, or
> fiber optic cables. The only way we get there is having a million
> companies making the cables for a few bucks apiece.
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> Everything you ever wanted to know, and then some:
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http://www.edn.com/article/CA6402885.html
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> Jason
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> Shane Sturgeon wrote:
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>> I think I read somewhere that the royalty fee for HDMI is like 4
>> cents per unit. I, as a consumer, am willing to absorb that in order
>> to have one less wire behind my TV. But maybe that's just me.
>>
>> Keep in mind I know NOTHING about DisplayPort, and am quite likely
>> making some LARGE assumptions to what it is (and isn't). Just an
>> end-user speaking here...
>>
>> Shane Sturgeon
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>>
>> Jason Burroughs wrote:
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>>> Oh I left that part out completely. HDMI is owned by HDMI, LLC and
>>> charges royalty fees (like many technologies). DisplayPort is an
>>> industry standard that does not involve much, if any, proprietary
>>> company information (although Philips developed an optional
>>> encryption method). I think that is a key differentiator. Also, the
>>> connector locks into place like Ethernet, and is keyed for easier
>>> insertion. It's been touted as "hdmi for computers" by some.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> Shane Sturgeon wrote:
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>>>> compared with VGA and DVI, Agreed. But what about vs. HDMI? Do we
>>>> really need another connection type? What does it get me that HDMI
>>>> 1.3 can't?
>>>>
>>>> Shane Sturgeon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jason Burroughs wrote:
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>>>>> Anthony, I'm also very interested in Rodolfo's comments after CES,
>>>>> but I personally see DisplayPort as more than just another short
>>>>> term standard. The venerable VGA cable has been present on
>>>>> monitors/computers for probably 20 years, and with improvements in
>>>>> the software, has kept the same form factor from 640x480 all the
>>>>> way up to 1920x1080. DVI was a non-encrypted digital interface
>>>>> that really wasn't up to the task of being the next generation
>>>>> interface, but served to help LCD monitors overthrow CRT displays.
>>>>> Now that acceptable encryption is here, and many displays go
>>>>> beyond DVI's 1920x1080 limit (correct me if I'm wrong, but "dual
>>>>> link DVI" is required beyond 1920x1080/60), we must have something
>>>>> that can address the multitude of higher res displays,
>>>>> compatibility with protected content such as HD DVD and Blu-Ray,
>>>>> and better support for multiple displays. Because we are moving
>>>>> from one digital format to another, the "transition" should be
>>>>> MUCH less painful, as it's easy to convert from one software
>>>>> protocol to another, when compared to converted analog to digital
>>>>> and digital to analog. Any major issues the come up will likely be
>>>>> more on the software side than hardware - as in, this DVI monitor
>>>>> doesn't support HDCP, so I can't connect anything with protected
>>>>> content to it. If there's a DisplayPort monitor and a DVI computer
>>>>> (for example), there will likely be a 'dongle' cable that will
>>>>> convert from one to the other. The same thing should go for an
>>>>> HDMI television with a DisplayPort cable box (for example). Again,
>>>>> as long as they support the same software protocols like HDCP,
>>>>> etc., they should be just as compatible as DVI and HDMI.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of that is my own hope coming through, so please slap me back
>>>>> into reality if needed!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony Rizzuto wrote:
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>>>>>> Jason, Thanks for the link. You are absolutely correct when you
>>>>>> say that it makes sense to move toward on connector for all
>>>>>> digital video but what about consumers who have invested millions
>>>>>> of dollars (collectively) in audio and video equipped with HDMI,
>>>>>> what happens to them? (Rhetorical) Also, here we go again, the
>>>>>> article in the link states that "the display port Video signal is
>>>>>> not compatible with DVI or HDMI". The article further states
>>>>>> that there is yet another competitor in the pipeline, UDI? This
>>>>>> just boggles the mind. Not the fact that there are competing
>>>>>> technologies but the fact that it seems that no one is willing to
>>>>>> settle on a long term standard. I know that a lot of this is
>>>>>> driven by the computer side but as I've said on more than one
>>>>>> occasion, consumers grasp the concept of bigger, better, faster
>>>>>> with cell phone and computer technology, but with price points of
>>>>>> 2.5k and up that is a difficult concept when it comes to
>>>>>> televisions. Just my two cents. Thanks again for the info.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anthony R.
>>>>>> Orlando, FL
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> From: Jason Burroughs <
[email protected]>
>>>>>> To: HDTV Magazine <
[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:54:24 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: HDMI replaced? USA Today ariticle of last Thursday
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Anthony, it's called DisplayPort, and it may eventually replace
>>>>>> HDMI, as well as the interface between PCs and monitors. It makes
>>>>>> sense to move toward one connector for all digital video -
>>>>>> especially if it is "pin compatible" like DVI and HDMI are.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Read more at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to tell people "google for it", but now i usually say
>>>>>> "wiki it"!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anthony Rizzuto wrote:
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>>>>>>> I was in Boston last week and the hotel I was staying at kindly
>>>>>>> provided a complimentary copy of USA Today to the guests. The
>>>>>>> Thursday edition had on article on the CES in which the
>>>>>>> journalist was making suggestions of what to purchase and what
>>>>>>> to wait on purchasing. In the article he mentioned waiting on
>>>>>>> the purchase of either Blu-Ray or HDDVD and further suggested
>>>>>>> that it was quite possible that HD manufacturers might abandon
>>>>>>> the HDMI interface in favor of something else, although he did
>>>>>>> not mention what the alternative might be. Are there rumors in
>>>>>>> the industry to that effect? That would certainly turn things
>>>>>>> upside down. Any comments one way or the other would be greatly
>>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anthony R.
>>>>>>> Orlando, FL
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