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hdmi output?

i think the main difference is HDMI can carry an audio signal aswell - afaik both are digital cables so picture quality should be the same, or there abouts.

However i could be talking complete crud.. it happens a lot :)
 
HDMI also carries other data to do with some sort of piracy prevention that's going to be brought in to use in the future... well this is what I THINK I've heard.

As McDaniel says - "I could be talking complete crud" :o
 
ta mate, is dvi a better connection than s/video? i always use s/video connected to my tv, just wondered if using the dvi output would produce better results.
 
Much much better results.

Zefan - i heard that was something to do with blue-ray drives having anti-piracy type software within the firmware which updates when a disc is put in, it checks the authenticity of it or something?
 
thanks for that, the tv i`m using at the moment is an old goodmans crt and dosent even have a dedicated s/video socket, i have to use an adaptor but i `ve just ordered a 37inch lcd tv which has s/vid , dvi, hdmi and other inputs.i can`t wait to try it with the dvi output! :)
 
McDaniel said:
Much much better results.

Zefan - i heard that was something to do with blue-ray drives having anti-piracy type software within the firmware which updates when a disc is put in, it checks the authenticity of it or something?
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Yes but apparently this integrates with the TV or something which is why you should only buy HDMI tv's now... or something.

As you can tell I really don't know, and the person that told me probably didn't either :p
 
HDMI (Hi-Definition Multimedia Interface) allows Full bit-rate digital audio to be transmitted concurrently with a full bit-rate digital video signal. It also carries the HDCP (High Definition Copyright Protection) signalling. Which will come into effect with the advent of HDDVD & Blu-ray players & also HD TV broadcasts to try & prevent piracy.
 
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just cant see how a cable could do something like that..
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Nor me, but I swear I've heard something. Why else are HDMI TV's the only way to go... I was asking someone about it and they went in to all this detail which I can't remember :o

AHA! I'm right :p
 
YooEntSinMeROYT said:
HDMI (Hi-Definition Multimedia Interface) allows Full bit-rate digital audio to be transmitted concurrently with a full bit-rate digital video signal. It also carries the HDCP (High Definition Copyright Protection) signalling. Which will come into effect with the advent of HDDVD & Blu-ray players & also HD TV broadcasts to try & prevent piracy.
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Isnt Vista supposed to support HDCP?

Heres the first card i have seen specifically listing HDMI .....

Sapphire X1600 Pro HDMI/SPDIF 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO HDTV/HDCP/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-125-SP)
A tool for the performance oriented, the Sapphire X1600 PRO HDMI comes equipped with the hardware muscle to deliver an entire realm of fantasy right to your desktop due in large part to the awesome feature-set of the RADEON X1600 core, robust onboard memory configurations and 12 pipeline architecture. An impressive hardware compilation supporting CrossFire™ paired with support for HDMI, Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 ensures future compatibility and the advent of the ATI Avivo™ Video and Display Platform ensures that you will not have to be limit your fantasies to just your desktop.

- Powered by ATI Radeon X1600 Pro - 500MHz
- 256MB-128bit 4 channel DDR3 memory - 800MHz
- 12 Pixel shader processor
- 5 Vertex shader processor
- 8 Geometry Pipelines
- 256-bit Ring-bus
- VGA + HDMI /SPDIF
- Vido acceleration of :MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264
- Low Profile bracket supplied

Price: £79.95 (£93.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/X1600_Series.html


Oooh just noticed .. its also the first graphics card i have seen with SPDIF!
 
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