2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video

For home theater buffs who want (or already have) a high-def system using component-video connections, time may be growing short. Audiofan writes with this story, which begins: "Digital HD (high definition), like that enabled through HDMI and Blu-ray, is awesome. It offers amazing picture and audio quality. It allows you to conveniently connect one single cable to provide both picture and sound. It is royally going to screw up a lot of homes next year. Wait, what was that last part? After December 31, 2010, manufacturers will not be 'allowed' [to] introduce new hardware with component video outputs supplying more than an SD resolution (480i or 576i). Should this go through as planned, it's going to disable or throw a wrench in a lot of existing custom installations as soon as the end of this year." The AACS in the headline stands for Advanced Access Content System, the industry scheme to block "the analog hole" by controlling content from storage media to eyeballs.

Comments

Re:Just buy the unofficial ones

[poetmatt]

anything less than 1080p isn't high def either.

I mean we're talking 720p is 1280x720. That's not exactly high resolution when you think of what the average monitor from 1990 or even 2000 can do, let alone now.

Re:Just buy the unofficial ones

[Anonymous Coward]

yay, propose an extremely annoying solution to the problem.
i hate slashdot sometimes.