As far as I know the use of HDMI is defined for the future in Europe. There is a articel in one of the last CT magazines about that.
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:29:25 +0100, Jens Baumeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:43:54 +0000, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > here in europe they have finally agreed on what HDTV standards are going to > > be > > adopted. Sky TV (the major satellite broadcaster in the UK and Ireland) has > > stated that their boxes will only have HDMI (with HDCP protection) output > > for HD. what will i/we do with myth then? > > Not an answer - just some additional thoughts: Over here in Germany, > they're in the middle of converting FTA TV to DVB-T. (Wow, three > acronyms right next to each other...) Since they only started this > conversion last year and don't expect it to finish until 2010, I > figure that (perhaps in addition to HDTV) unencrypted DVB broadcasts > should be a given for the next couple of years. (Otherwise they'd pi** > off all those people who just bought a DVB-T receiver because it was > "the future".) > > We've had a few HDTV test broadcasts and there's talk of HDTV > channels, but it's going to be a couple of years before it's going to > gain any significant adoption. (No talk of broadcast flags yet, but if > the US regulations should really come through the way it is planned, I > wouldn't be surprised if the EU gets pressured into using the same > system.) > > I think it's similar for other areas: The switch to HDTV will be > gradual - if you're recording DVB or analogue TV, your investments > into your mythbox should be save for another couple of years. > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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