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Why did they choose red? Didn’t anyone else notice that there were already 20 red RCA ports on the back of the receiver/TV/DVD that are not for video?
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I agree though, let's give component video it's props.

Ew, I said props. ]]>Jun 27th 2006 10:48AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/
Show me a recorder or capture card than pirate a 720p/1080i signal over component.]]>Jun 27th 2006 11:05AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/
Not sure why, and not exactly happy about it after spending the money on the cables and the HDMI-DVI converter. I even had an older version of the Motorola with a DVI output, and it was the same poor quality that the HDMI provides.

Maybe it's the cable box, but there's a lot of people with those boxes and no one says anything. But, I'm guessing they are just taking the word that HDMI is better.

Brian]]>Jun 27th 2006 11:52AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/Jun 27th 2006 11:56AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/Jun 27th 2006 1:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/
Why would anyone wish an unneccessary transcoding? Video is caputered in RGB (digitally) or RGBHV (analog). My HDTV receivers are both capable of outputting RGBHV to the RGBHV displays.

If one's best analog input device is Component video then, and I am sorry to hear that, that is fine. But a lot of people have RGBHV inputs and using component video is an unneccessary evil. Aside from introducing potential problems you are also open to abusive 4xx compression by the agent you are paying for the content from.]]>Jun 27th 2006 4:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/27/long-live-component-video/
HDMI is only because the media providers want to force HDCP, which is their great anti piracy idea. If they can get all consumer electronics to use HDCP, then they think they can stop piracy, eliminate copyright expiration, and eliminate the concept that "you bought it and can use it any way you want".

HDMI = bogus DRM, and it should not be this way !]]>Jun 28th 2006 5:39PM