Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Von Fugal
quote name=Levi Pearson date=Tue, 3 Aug 2010 at 16:10 -0600 In fact, from my research the ICT isn't supposed to cause audio downgrade. There's also a Digital Only token, which completely shuts off analog output, but I don't think anyone's planning on using that. --Levi My understanding

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Shane Hathaway
On 08/16/2010 10:22 AM, Von Fugal wrote: [...] HDCP is pretty much dead. It's hard to even find a TV that does HDCP anymore, not that anyone would ever want to. There was a HUGE backlash from consumers over that fiasco. So basically, you have blueray downgrading when it's not HDMI, but HDMI

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Michael Torrie
On 08/16/2010 10:22 AM, Von Fugal wrote: My understanding was that hd over compenent was still digital and not analog. I have my computer set up to output 720p over compenent and it looks absolutely amazing. Makes me want to put windows on it to play some classic RTS games (like TA). :) My TV

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Tod Hansmann
On 8/16/2010 10:29 AM, Shane Hathaway wrote: On 08/16/2010 10:22 AM, Von Fugal wrote: [...] HDCP is pretty much dead. It's hard to even find a TV that does HDCP anymore, not that anyone would ever want to. There was a HUGE backlash from consumers over that fiasco. So basically, you have

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Steve Meyers
On 8/3/10 2:55 PM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: I connected my Sony Blue-Ray player (via component) and the video setup allows for 720p or 1080i (but not 1080p, in harmony with what has been mentioned in this thread). Will I really get 720p/1080i over component? I've been looking to get one of

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Levi Pearson
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Steve Meyers steve-p...@spwiz.com wrote: On 8/3/10 2:55 PM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: I connected my Sony Blue-Ray player (via component) and the video setup allows for 720p or 1080i (but not 1080p, in harmony with what has been mentioned in this thread).

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Levi Pearson
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Von Fugal v...@fugal.net wrote: quote name=Levi Pearson date=Tue,  3 Aug 2010 at 16:10 -0600 In fact, from my research the ICT isn't supposed to cause audio downgrade.  There's also a Digital Only token, which completely shuts off analog output, but I don't

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Steve Meyers
On 8/16/10 11:37 AM, Levi Pearson wrote: You can get the HDFury boxes cheaper at monoprice.com. Definitely research the features of HDFury vs others. HDFury does support HDCP, and the later versions have a lot of other nifty features that you might not find elsewhere. A lot of those boxes

Re: 1080p over component

2010-08-16 Thread Levi Pearson
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Steve Meyers steve-p...@spwiz.com wrote: The HDfury3 supports two features that I would like.  The first is user-selectable EDID, so I could tell it not to support 1080p (since the Hauppauge HD PVR doesn't support 1080p).  The second feature is DTS 5.1 digital