http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/ Engadget HD Comments for Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro provides HDMI http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/HDMI cable only costs $8, and HTPC's don't get the benefit from using 1 HDMI cable for video and sound because those are done by 2 different cards on the PC. The 2 cable solution I have now, 1 optical and 1 HDMI/DVI, is good enough for me. ]]>Mar 7th 2006 9:11AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/This card can take the sound from the sound card and tunnel it though the HDMI cable.

I agree no reason to upgrade, but it may be something to look for if you are already looking to buy a new card.]]>Mar 7th 2006 9:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/
"DVI is an 8 bit RGB signal, while HDMI can be 8 bit RGB, or 8 bit, 10 bit, or 12 bit YCbCr. If you have a DVI source and DVI display, there will be no problem. If you have a DVI source and an HDMI display, again, no problem. If however, you have an HDMI source and a DVI display, the below-black video information may be lost in the translation. There is a bug in the Silicon Image HDMI transmitter that pops up when converting YCbCr to RGB." This was written November 2004, SI may have resolved this by now.

Currently source material (DVD and HD) is 8-bit color. Not sure if we'll ever get beyond that or if we really need to. But I felt it was necessary to show there is a difference between DVI and HDMI and that it wasn't just the audio capability HDMI adds.]]>Mar 8th 2006 12:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/May 27th 2006 6:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/07/hdmi-for-pcs-we-knew-it-would-happen/HDMI]]>May 29th 2006 5:16PM