HDMI Spec Upgraded To Support 'Deep Color'

writertype writes "If you own a digital television, there's a good chance it supports HDMI as an A/V interface. Well, for all you early adopters who bought an HDMI-less TV and regretted it later, the HDMI spec has been upgraded yet again, to version 1.3. Features include "deep color", or color depths beyond what the human eye can perceive, eight-channel audio support, among others. Interesting note: the PlayStation 3 supports deep color, according to the HDMI chief."

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[Anonymous Coward]

For everyone with a low end 1080p set you can play 1080p BluRay movies over component cables.

For everyone with a high end 1080p setup you can use the 1.3 HDMI connection for that extra bit of quality.

After spending some time with a friends 1080p set a couple weeks ago I am having a hard time watching my old 20" TV. It only took about a day of seeing a few true 1080p movies to be turned into a 1080p snob.

The 499 PS3 was what I was planning on picking up, but this extra bit of quality for 599 is tempting.

I hate to restate the obvious but...

[Khyber]

If we cannot see these colors at the depths presented - WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT?!?!?!?!?!!? Why try to show us what our eyes cannot perceive? I'd ask the question "Have these people lost their fucking minds?" The only problem is, most everyone (Joe sixpack, not the typical /. reader,) is fucked and brainwashed into believing that DRM/The War/everything is important and necessary to their absolute survival... We're sorely outnumbered by the ignorant masses, and unless we make a very concentrated and focused effort to educate these ignorant masses, we're going to be well-fucked, without lube... Our only REAL hope is to learn how to communicate with the less-knowledgeable people on a level they understand so they are able to make a knowledgable vote upon certain issues, otherwise we cannot even hope to win this war. I've seen the inactivity, ESPECIALLY here among the /. community. If we *REALLY* gave a fuck, then I'd be seeing more than 10 grand sigs on a fucking petition put out on the front page for MILLIONS to see. Shame on you people. I do my part, yet you bitch and don't do your part. Shame, Dishonor, and Hatred be upon you for being so insensitive and anti-biblically THOUGHTLESS. You do *NOT* follow the teachings of Jesus, you follow the teachings of personal gain and thought. You were *TOLD* to honor thine enemy as you would honor thine own father. Learn to turn the other cheek, to admit your 'wrongs' and defend them. Now you've all succumbed to a life of easy luxury without having the advantage of having a functional, independent BRAIN. Enjoy your self-summoned slavery.