Thread: HDMI --Why you will need it!

If you plan on using your XBOX360 or your PS3 for HD-DVD viewing you will need an HDMI port. And it needs to be the 1.3 version. For your reading pleasure



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http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles...-channel_a.php

I hope that this works. This is basically a through article on HD-DVD Audio specs and what you would need to be able to hear those new HD-Audio sound tracks.

Unless there is 5.1 or 7.1 analog out on the back of the XBOX360 HD-DVD drive or the back of the PS3 the only way you will be able to hear HD-Dobly Digital Plus, DTS ++ or DTS-HD is thru a HDMI 1.3 port into a HDMI 1.3 capable receiver.

Those of us who own a HD-Home Theater will look at the sound capabilites of the new HD-DVD drive from Microsoft and the PS3's HDMI output.

If I can get the newer Audio codecs from one of these systems then it will save much money over buying a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player that has the ability to output those new HD Audio Codecs to my home theater system.

Do you realize, that somewhere in this country, people are still using RF adapters??

the 5.1 out on the 360 will be fine for me... I want a HDMI port for the 360 so that I can play HD DVD later on... my DVI input accepts HDCP so a HDMI-DVI cable will be fine... I just hope MS (if they release a HDMI port) will allow for Optical out on sound as well.

Us Early adopters are screwed- No DVI/HDMI on my TV.
Also Sony sez you may not need HDMI for PS3 and Blu-Ray

Sony continues to play defense over PS3 pricing, HDMI
Posted May 11th 2006 11:02AM by Marc Perton
Somehow, we suspect Sony's brass are not very happy right now. Instead of spending their time at E3 fielding softball questions about the Playstation 3's graphics, they're playing defense, as they continue to face queries about the new console's pricing and the missing features on the lower-priced version. In an interview with CNN, Sony's Kaz Hirai said the pricing -- $499 for the 20GB PS3 and $599 for the 60GB version -- was justified by the inclusion of technologies like the Cell processor and Blu-ray, and added that the "totality" of the product is a "good value for consumers." Hirai also defended the lack of HDMI on the 20GB PS3, commenting that "there's not a discernible difference between what you get between HDMI and other forms of high definition." While that might be the case with current Blu-ray flicks, all movie studios (including Sony Pictures) have reserved the right to implement the Image Constraint Token in future discs, which could force anyone using analog outputs -- including owners of the 20GB PS3 -- to watch downgraded video. We assume Hirai's familiar with the issue, so we have to wonder whether his claim that the PS3 is "future-proofed" is just a little bit disingenuous. All it would take is one Blu-ray disc with ICT for owners of 20GB PS3s to realize they've been locked out of the future.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/s...-pricing-hdmi/

Kevinw, 20gb PS3 owners will not be locked out. Just like with the lower XBOX360 unit these PS3 owners will be able to purchase upgrades. Now how do you purchase a HDMI output where there is none? My guess is because they are the very same boards that there will be a plug-in much like adding on a card in your computer.

Originally Posted by JoeSp

Kevinw, 20gb PS3 owners will not be locked out. Just like with the lower XBOX360 unit these PS3 owners will be able to purchase upgrades. Now how do you purchase a HDMI output where there is none? My guess is because they are the very same boards that there will be a plug-in much like adding on a card in your computer.

And your source is...?

Where would you plug it in?

360 HD-DVD add-on will not have HDMI according to what I read yesterday.

You should realize that a lot of people watch HD on really low-end tv's (walmart anyone?) and are more than happy with the rampant HD-Lite that is given to them on tv. I think these guys see that they can get away with lower-quality images this round and save money because the world isn't quite ready for Full HD, we just need a taste. Enough to lure people in and keep the early adopters from full-on bitching without driving costs up.

How do you mean? MS can quite easily add an HDMI port to the player - if they don't do it, that's cost saving decision, nothing else. Same goes for Sony: PS3 is already ridiculously expensive, despite they already dropped one-third of their originally hyped features.

The HD-DVD add-on will use the systems video-out, which means no HDMI/DVI. MS may give a HDMI cable pack at some point, but as of now, you're stuck...