The next generation of HDMI actually adds some welcomed features

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millia @ Jan 7th 2009 2:40PM

Does anybody else find it noisome at best that we have a changing spec on a consumer standard? How on earth are regular people supposed to not feel ripped off, when I, a fairly experienced computer/audio person, can't even keep track of the different sub-specs of the current standard? I realize things improve all the time, and digital advances mean the need for change, and even that forward-thinking a spec raises the price, but come on. Somebody should have sat down and planned out the full details for hdtv line transmissions 6 years, with all these details included. Why didn't they, for example, just start with some good ol' fashioned infinite bandwidth fiber optic cable? (I know, fragility. But, still.)

I realize I'm being a curmudgeon here, but, I got a blu-ray player as a present for Christmas. Now I have to upgrade my stereo since God forbid we actually transmit surround sound over anything but HDMI. My tube HD does have HDMI- but who knows if it'll work. Now I hear about new specs, which mean new receivers, and new flat panels, which means spending much larger sums to be future-proofed.

I realize that all these newer faster electronics gives us more exciting possibilities. Leaving the market to be totally driven by the obsessives, however, hurts the industry overall by making everybody else feel like they're being ripped off as soon as they get home and discover all the caveats. And it makes us want NOT to buy the newest toys.

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Josh @ Jan 8th 2009 3:44PM

noisome...

I've never seen that word before. Awesome.

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