Quick question about HDMI
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VeNT said:
Thought so
The connections (afaik) are realtively similar in the sense they are both digital video, but HDMI also carries an audio signal and some antipiracy singnal HDPC or something which future devices may take advatnages of
I google images it, and it came up with a few DVI cables, I get easly confused.McDaniel said:Thought so
The connections (afaik) are realtively similar in the sense they are both digital video, but HDMI also carries an audio signal and some antipiracy singnal HDPC or something which future devices may take advatnages of
I beleive HDMI is basically a derifitive of the DVI connection.
It basically adds the digital audio connection and may or may not also add copy protection/encryption to it.
You can get DVI to HDMI cables, and not all HDMI ports support HD Copy Protection, whilst I think some DVI ports do (confusing isn't it).
From what I can make out HDCP support depends entirely on the chipset used, rather than the connection (hence some HDMI connections don't use it).
It would have been nice if they had managed to get a common conection rather than another bodge that is going to end up requiring some people use adaptors to make the connections between devices in the short to mid term.
It basically adds the digital audio connection and may or may not also add copy protection/encryption to it.
You can get DVI to HDMI cables, and not all HDMI ports support HD Copy Protection, whilst I think some DVI ports do (confusing isn't it).
From what I can make out HDCP support depends entirely on the chipset used, rather than the connection (hence some HDMI connections don't use it).
It would have been nice if they had managed to get a common conection rather than another bodge that is going to end up requiring some people use adaptors to make the connections between devices in the short to mid term.