New HDTV - questions follow

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

I thought 1080p over component can be pass through over video games and not movies because of copyright issues? I'm already aware its the same bandwidth regardless of what source.

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

nah, it just depends on the TV. my Samsung does it wonderfully //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I thought 1080p over component can be pass through over video games and not movies because of copyright issues? I'm already aware its the same bandwidth regardless of what source.

Correct, the xbox360 will pass 1080p over components for games, but not movies only 1080i.(HD-DVD) This is due to HDCP.

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

Correct, the xbox360 will pass 1080p over components for games, but not movies only 1080i.(HD-DVD) This is due to HDCP.

maybe that's just with HD-DVD or Blu-Ray branded movies, because i've watched downloaded movies in HD over component cables on the xbox. and i can get 1080p over component cables from other sources.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

downloaded movies are HDCP free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Hostile89 10+ year member]

When did the HD-DVD manufacturers start turning on HDCP in their releases. When the HD-DVD add-on for the 360 was released HDCP was not turned on for this very reason. The original Xbox 360's did not have HDMI.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

When it was launched, it still didn't output 1080p over components, just 1080i. The update for 1080p when out over a year ago. Now it's 1080p over HDMI only.

If you have a 1080p tv, and you send it a 1080i signal, your tv will convert it to 1080p.

 

[Hostile89 10+ year member]

The Image Constraint Token is what I was thinking about. Not the HDCP. The 360 HD-DVD player can play 1080p via VGA and HDMI. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/13/xbox.360.hddvd/index.html)

Should studios use the ICT then output will be 960x540 regardless of the connection used. Due to the fact that the HD-DVD addon uses a USB connection to connect to the Xbox. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Constraint_Token)

 

[ashunte23 10+ year member]

ok, only a very few tv's can accept 1080p over component so unless you have one of those, this conversation is useless and since he listed his tv it's only 1080p over hdmi.

 

[Hostile89 10+ year member]

ok, only a very few tv's can accept 1080p over component so unless you have one of those, this conversation is useless and since he listed his tv it's only 1080p over hdmi.

Pg 13 of the PDF manual it accepts 1080p through component.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

ok, only a very few tv's can accept 1080p over component so unless you have one of those, this conversation is useless and since he listed his tv it's only 1080p over hdmi.

Mhm... Exactly... So, I wouldn't pick a TV b/v of that factor...

Toshiba's, Samsungs, and Sony's are all great TV's (Samsung makes Sony LCD's... fyi)

Toshiba will be the least expensive of the three, Samsung generally the most...

I like using optical audio... Also Denon makes a NICE receiver, and Klipsch makes kick *** speakers... Onkyo general has more "options" than the Denons, but they don't compare in SQ....

 

[Mr. C 10+ year member]

Correct, certain TV's can not accept a 1080p signal through component. But the set NEXT purchased is capable of accepting 1080p signals through component.

I stand corrected. I feel so behind the times.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Nice purchase.

I have the Sony XBR5 46" and have had no problems as of yet. You should be more than happy with it.

I say go HDMi just because it is a lot easier hooking up one cable to many more.

Enjoy!