ATI jumping on the HDMI bandwagon
Looks like ATI read
Kevin's post about HDMI picking up
stream. Not wanting to be left in the DVI cold they've licensed HDMI technology. The real question is, how do they plan on using it? To this date no one has included an HDMI port on a computer display. Is ATI preparing for the future of computer displays or expanding their HDTV integration? I hope it is the latter since HDMI would be a welcomed addition to a Home Theater PC.
Thanks, Warren!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
William C Bonner @ Feb 1st 2006 10:21PM
Any idea how complicated it would be to add a digital sound device to a video card? The advantage of HDMI is that it carries the sound as well as video.
Ben Drawbaugh @ Feb 1st 2006 10:55PM
Any reason they couldn't use the output from an audio card? Then route the sound through the HDMI?
What about controls? HDMI also offeres controls. Your PC could interface with your TV on a higher level increasing the level of functionality.
Adam Barrus @ Feb 6th 2006 2:58PM
I respectfully disagree with the comment that "no one has included an HDMI port on a computer display." The validity of this statement all depends on one's definition of "computer display." Some LCD and plasma based HDTV displays that can be used as computer displays include HDMI ports. Examples include recent models from Sceptre and Westinghouse.
Ben Drawbaugh @ Feb 6th 2006 3:06PM
Although the lines between a computer display and a TV is narrowing it is still there. Generally computer displays don't have tuners built in. And have standard resolutions such as those explained in this article.
http://www.gen-x-pc.com/lcd3.htm
TV's will have resolutions of 640x480, 1024x720 or 1920x1080. The only common resoution between the two is 640x480 which computer monitors are no longer sold at this resolution. There are some exceptions with Plasmas. But Plasmas are not sold as computer displays. Dell has a few hybrids but they still lean to one side or the other. TVs have a much lower PPI than computer displays.