Friday, January 20, 2006

DIGG: Blu-Ray Output Will be Downconverted By Hollywood

Looks like hollywood does not want us to buy movies anymore. Both next-gen DVD formats will have a flag that will force them to downsample to around the same resolution as standard DVD's if they are not played through an HDMI input. But wait, there's more:

- HDMI cables are expensive.

- Most current HD TV's do NOT have HDMI. If you want to watch these formats in their full resolutions you're going to have to buy ANOTHER HD TV.

I already stopped buying CD's because of copy protection-- it looks like they don't want me to buy movies either.



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