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3D HDMI Specification Is Set Free

Posted by kdawson on from the seeing-double dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The licenser of the HDMI specification has announced the intent to 'secure the application of 3D' by making the 3D portion of the HDMI 1.4 Specification available for public download, as well as extracts from the upcoming HDMI 1.4a. While the spec includes a 3D component, apparently not everyone has decided to sign up to adopt it. Given the developments happening in DisplayPort v1.2, the next year in displays looks like it will be an interesting one."

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  1. Re:Free to read != Free to use by Twinbee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Although patents can be bad, isn't adding a HDMI port to a device very cheap for manufacturers to do?

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  2. More important for gaming than Hollywood? by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Despite the success of Avatar, this may be more important for gaming than Hollywood, or? Didn't gaming bypass Hollywood in turnover some time ago?

  3. Re:Truly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Don't forget that the 23" widescreen will consume significantly more power than the 17" monitor.

    I worked at one place where they somehow got a deal on converting 4000 or so 15" LCD monitors to 20" LCD monitors. So a bunch of us spent a long weekend switching everyone to the new 20" monitors. A month later, the company's power bill had fucking skyrocketed. They had us transition back some users to the old 15" screens, to save money...

    The difference in energy consumption is probably quite minimal for a typical home or small business user with a couple of monitors, but it can become a huge burden when you're dealing with thousands at a single location.