the reason why the HD disc players dont put out an analog HD signal is there is no copy protection and the signal is of such high quality it could easily be used by pirates for DVDs and even HD bootlegs. the HDMI outputs used have non image degrading copy protection schemes on it. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPALsystemDVD's > Ditto, for the new HD-DVD and BLuRay disc formats, > no rentals available yet, even though these HD > players have been out for over a year or more. > > HD-DVD and BluRay can both kiss my a$$. DRM'd to where they won't output high-def out the analog. Yeah, I know they aren't doing it *now*, but I for one wouldn't be thrilled if my new "HD-ready" HDTV couldn't play a HD-DVD because it didn't have HDMI input and only had component. Money-grubbing bastards... </drm_rant> -Cory -- ************************************************************************ * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************************************ * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
