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Thursdaybeer
10-21-2002, 01:28 PM
Hi all,
I just bought my Mits 65511 with fire-wire connectivity. I want to upgrade my old DVD player (and other components), but can't seem to find any info on DVD players with the 1394 connectivity. Are "they" still wrangling over copy protection issues before releasing these?
Mark
I have not heard of any DVD players with firewire connectivity. I don't even recall this being mentioned in any of the articles I've read.
Since DVDs are not HD, they are "copy protected" by macrovision to prevent recording onto VCRs.
All the DVI/Firewire stuff relates to HD and DVDs are not HD.
I'm sure this will all be an issue in 2-3 years when HDDVD comes about.
Thursdaybeer
10-21-2002, 09:51 PM
Thanks 57U,
I'm more concerned with the whole interconnectivity thing. Firewire allows all these devices to be "networked" together and has the BW for video, etc. thus getting rid of all those cables (and remotes in the case of the Mits TV set). I'm eagerly waiting for the day when all these devices "talk" to each other and can be operated seamlessly from one remote where the TV set (or receiver) is the control center.
Mark
TB that interconectivity feature is already available on The current Hitachi "S" Series Line. All the components are controlled by the TV with Infared blasters that sit underneath the equipment allowing you to put all of your components in a cabinet and control them with the single Hitachi remote control. You configure the whole set up and you can even configure the set to change to the corresponding input of each device automatically.
Msg Edited for Spelling Errors.
Leth. There are two separate issues here. Mits is trying to do its connectivity via firewire and that's what ThursdayBeer was asking about. That's one reason Mits is pushing firewire over DVI - two way connectivity - components can talk to each other. Mits already have several components that can do this, although I have not heard of a DVD player yet - perhaps someone else knows of one.
The Hitachi blaster is done via IR as you mentioned and that's a whole different scenario, although worth mentioning to those interested.
I have not found "blasters" to be 100% effective, but perhaps these are improved and are better than those I have encountered in the past.
You can accomplish the same by programming macros into a good learning remote.
