Sony decides against downsampling on analog HDTV
ArsTechnica, Sony decides against downsampling on analog HDTV:
With the imminent war over which format will be the successor to the much-loved DVD about to get underway, Sony is throwing a bone to owners of some older HDTVs. At a technical briefing last week, Sony said that it will not use the Image Constraint Token to downsample the video output on analog HDTVs.
This is great news for consumers.
Yeah, they won’t use it because they won’t sell any DVDs if they do.
Until there is some reassurance that I will be able to play ALL HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD on my current HDTV monitors I have zero interest in the technology.
It’s ridiculous after spending over $6,000 on monitors over the past two years that I’d need to go out and buy brand new monitors just for the convenience of HD-DVD’s need for a protective path. No thanks.