HDMI and What it Will Do for You

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HDMI and What it Will Do for You

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 17, 2005 @07:55AM from the pins-and-cables dept.

CrzyP writes "AnandTech has whipped up a short but informative article on the new HDMI digital audio/video connection standard that is said to be the successor of DVI. Take a look at what this new standard is all about and what we can expect from it in the future!"

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HDMI is too complicated. by jd · 2005-01-17 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

LaTeX generates DVI files just fine for me. What would I need all this multimedia stuff for?

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No thanks by Fizzlewhiff · 2005-01-17 08:04 · Score: 4, Funny

I'll wait about 10 years when Brian Hook of Id fame writes about it.

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Re:"For Me" by Darth+McBride · 2005-01-17 08:17 · Score: 3, Funny

how will really benefit the consumer?

1) You go from $6 DVI cables to $99 HDMI cables
2) ???
3) Profit!
Re:It has to be said, so let's get it over with by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-17 08:19 · Score: 2, Funny

In Soviet Russia, DRM regulates YOU!

s/Soviet Russia/USA
Re:HDMI is cool, but do PC Vid cards have plug yet by andreyw · 2005-01-17 08:34 · Score: 2, Funny

Why is a "Monster cable" better than something I duct-taped together for transmitting digital signals? Is the uber-secret alloy in the cable gently massaging the individual bits to produce never-before-seen/heard clarity in sound/video? Rofl!

Reminds me of a fool I know who spent a fortune on moster fibre-optic cables and then kept ensuring me how the difference was "obvious" when compared to random cheap cables. Heh.
Re:It's already here.... by alex_ware · 2005-01-17 09:03 · Score: 2, Funny

really?
I haven't even seen any with DVI, all the stuff on sale near me is SCART.
I live in england and still have a VGA monitor. Am I really behind the times?
15" LCD is enough for me.

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Re:What WILL it do for you? by The_K4 · 2005-01-17 09:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Who's forcing you? Just don't buy a PC/GFX card/DVD play/ TV with this! It might limit your choses (or mean you can't buy something you would want). It might mean you can't watch a movie you want to see, but no one is going to hold a gun to your head and FORCE you to use this. There are people who chose not to use credit cards, and while it does limit them in many ways, they survive.....