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What's the Matter with HDMI?
mrnomas writes with a link to the Audioholics site, which wonders why the HDMI standard is such a mess? The article's author suggests that the format was designed for the benefit of the content-producers and not the consumer. The result is a signal that's hard to route and switch, as well and unnecessarily complicated cable assemblies. They reach back to the DVI standard to see what might be done to make HDMI a little more consumer-friendly, with numerous technical elements woven through the discussion. "DVI lacked a couple of things which the consumer audio/video industry wanted. It was implemented on a variety of HD displays and source devices, but it was confusing for the consumer because of the many variants on the standard and different connector configurations, and it didn't carry audio signals. A consortium to develop and promote a new interface, HDMI, was formed; the idea was to come up with a standard which could be implemented more uniformly, was less confusing, and offered the option of routing audio signals along with video."
No doubt they'd consider me a success on one level; I don't pirate and I have a lot of DVDs. However, I am absolutely anti-DRM and quite vocal about it, so it's not a perfect match.
I have a 10,000+ volume library and I read about a book a day on average when I'm in the mood for reading fiction, which is perhaps about half the time in blocks of several weeks at once. My library is primarily science fiction and a fair assortment of best sellers, many volumes from several different areas of electronics, programming, hundreds of books on religion (a hobby, I am not religious), and hundreds on and in multiple languages (Chinese, Korean, Spanish and my own native English.) I own a literary agency and my immediate family counts a hugo-winning author, a couple of less successful, but published, authors, another literary agent, and an excellent translator among them. I've written numerous magazine columns and a couple of technical works myself. I've also written courses on learning to read Korean and a 400-page integrated martial arts curriculum. I teach martial arts three nights a week, work part of the day Saturday and Sunday for a charity I favor, and I run six companies (one of which is the aforementioned literary agency) during the weekdays. I don't party, drink, or do recreational drugs though if pot were legal, I'd change that.
Now that you know a little more about me in particular, I would like to ask you: Why would you assume that an interest in movies and gaming would preclude reading? For that matter, even if all I did was read, why would you think that my three sons, my grandson, and my lady would not have interests of their own that I might find it worthwhile to be supportive of? Finally, why is it that you would be concerned with my leisure habits at all? Doesn't it make more sense to be focused on your own?
Just wondering.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
consistent interface and connections, and it would be easy to configure and understand.
So, completely different from every other open source project.