Question about HDCP displays
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From: Kevin McMurtrie on 26 Dec 2009 17:48 In article <hh5o2q$bqc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Kevin McMurtrie wrote: > > In article <tph-D2EB53.20520825122009(a)localhost>, > > Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > > > >> In article <4b3504ca$0$1991$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, > >> Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie(a)pixelmemory.us> wrote: > >> > >>> I don't think DVI supports it, and it's worse than just that. iTunes > >>> movies are permission-based DRM so they're only as good as long as Apple > >>> feels like supporting them. Like their music, I'll wait until the DRM > >>> is gone from their videos before using it. > >> Congratulations, DRM has been gone from most of the music they sell for > >> a while now. Go wild! > > > > I know, I've been buying 256 Kbps AAC music from iTunes ever since they > > dropped DRM. The MP3s from Amazon have high frequency squeals on some > > songs that very annoying. > > > > Apple for video sucks. Nearly all of the HD movies are long-term > > rentals or only playable on Apple TV. What's available for rental in > > iTunes is low-res. It can't compete with Amazon VOD. > > How low? My ATV displays at 720, and while I wish it were 1080 capable, > good content at that rez displays pretty well on a 32" HDTV. Apple's FAQs say that 720 is their HD, and I've only seen a few HD rentals for iTunes. It could be that their FAQs are wrong. Either way, I'll use Amazon until it's fixed. > A quick look at the Amazon VOD site implies that only Sony and Panny TVs > or Blurays support this.... is it true 1080p? The Roku is 720p. Panasonic's Vieracast is perpetually in Beta and only supports stereo audio. Amazon has a list of player capabilities somewhere. -- I won't see Google Groups replies because I must filter them as spam
From: John McWilliams on 26 Dec 2009 18:22
Kevin McMurtrie wrote: > In article <hh5o2q$bqc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> Kevin McMurtrie wrote: >>> In article <tph-D2EB53.20520825122009(a)localhost>, >>> Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: >>> >>>> In article <4b3504ca$0$1991$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, >>>> Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie(a)pixelmemory.us> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think DVI supports it, and it's worse than just that. iTunes >>>>> movies are permission-based DRM so they're only as good as long as Apple >>>>> feels like supporting them. Like their music, I'll wait until the DRM >>>>> is gone from their videos before using it. >>>> Congratulations, DRM has been gone from most of the music they sell for >>>> a while now. Go wild! >>> I know, I've been buying 256 Kbps AAC music from iTunes ever since they >>> dropped DRM. The MP3s from Amazon have high frequency squeals on some >>> songs that very annoying. >>> >>> Apple for video sucks. Nearly all of the HD movies are long-term >>> rentals or only playable on Apple TV. What's available for rental in >>> iTunes is low-res. It can't compete with Amazon VOD. >> How low? My ATV displays at 720, and while I wish it were 1080 capable, >> good content at that rez displays pretty well on a 32" HDTV. > > Apple's FAQs say that 720 is their HD, and I've only seen a few HD > rentals for iTunes. It could be that their FAQs are wrong. Either way, > I'll use Amazon until it's fixed. >> A quick look at the Amazon VOD site implies that only Sony and Panny TVs >> or Blurays support this.... is it true 1080p? > > The Roku is 720p. Panasonic's Vieracast is perpetually in Beta and only > supports stereo audio. Amazon has a list of player capabilities > somewhere. I re-checked the Amazon site, and it is indeed only Sony and Panny TV's or Blu-ray players that can use Amazon. The site also indicates it's 720p unless you use a TiVo box, perhaps also some Roku's. I have DirecTV, and am not going to buy more hardware for some time. My Samsung supports Netflix and Blockbuster, DirecTV has some VOD at 1080p, and a lot at 1080i. I'll have to do without Amazon, though I guess if I buy disks, I'll go there. -- John McWilliams |