View Full Version : component video inputs
petarjure
02-21-2002, 12:01 PM
I understand that the industry is planning on changing the HDTV inputs on the new tv sets later this year from component video to digital Firewire or DVI inputs to better control copyrighting. I was just wondering what that means for all of the tv's currently manufactured? Do all the sets we now own become obsolete or do we have to spend more money for someone to alter our tv's? Does anyone know more about this subject?
ZeroDegreeK
02-21-2002, 12:18 PM
I know Mitsubishi will offer a 'promise module' for their older HDTVs. It is supposed to be a low cost upgrade (When did they decide $1000 is low cost?) to add firewire to the sets. That is one of the reasons I decided to get a Mitsubishi.
kevinw
02-21-2002, 03:26 PM
Read this and see if you can figure it out
firewire (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110178&perpage=20&highlight=dvi&pagenumber=1)
To me this is a hobby...read what the experts disagree about:(
petarjure
02-21-2002, 04:27 PM
Wonderful link. It seems I'm not the only one who's concerned about their currrent sets. When is the MPAA going to realize that attacking the average consumer does not save them money but in the long run costs them more. Anyway, thanks.
kevinw
02-21-2002, 04:34 PM
To be honest with you I am not to worried because I receive all my HD over the air only. I have no urge to record or use Dish/Direct. By the time they get the standards set about 5- 8 years I may be ready to replace my Toshiba 50h81.. or they may have an new device to overcome the copy protection....This is the same crap that was brought up years ago when vcr's became prevalent.
zarlor
02-21-2002, 04:47 PM
I agree. I'm not worried about those formats at all. By the time those standards are hashed out I also will probably have a whole other TV. But if not, I don't doubt I will not have to wait very long before someone makes a nice little module that will crack that protection wide open and convert the signal back onto Component or RGBHV for me for those few uses that may require it.
ghostdog
02-23-2002, 08:38 AM
Well, Mits' "promise" is useless now that DVI has been chosen over firewire, and any mod to convert the DVI signal to component is illegal, according to the agreement, and even an illegal adapter would take about a year to complete after the initial encryption gets started. :( I have a feeling that all of us early adopters to these so called "HDTV Ready" TV's are about to need a couple gallons of vaseline. :mad:
zarlor
02-25-2002, 11:54 AM
Well, the legality of such an issue is always debatable, but that aside I'm still not worried about it. The assumption seems to be that without that connector you won't get any TV signal or that ALL HDTV programming would be downconverted to 480i, which is simply not true. Only the specific programming that the industry decides it wants to protect would be downconverted. Everything would still be in HD and you would be able to get it just fine with current tech. Plus I don't doubt that, while it may cost you to get a tech out to do it, many maufacturers will have a replacement I/O board with the right connectors to replace the ones in your set... at lesat that is some of the rumor I have heard from a few reputable sources.
