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upscale properly to my 1080i Tv? Should I finally get the HD-DVD player from them? Generally I don't like MS products, the original XBOX being the exception. So I put my faith in them again with the 360. To top it off my 360 died so I send it back to the Texas warehouse in their brown box in return I get a older machine. What the hell is up with that nonsence?!]]>Mar 29th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 29th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 29th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 29th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 29th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 29th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/
Exactly. Total BS.

If it was going to be real the following issues would come into play:

1. The A/D converter + HDCP chip for HDMI would be prohibitively expensive for this application.

2. The analog hole would be in play, so no unconverted DVD, and Image Constraint Token would knock you down for HD-DVD later.


Unless Component, Optical, and a USB connection was made to the adapter, the analog signal was somehow scrambled coming from the 360, the USB connection handshaked with the 360 for an encrypted pairing with the adapter, then the adapter unscrambled before hitting the A/D. - and all of that done in a way that the MPAA liked and approved of.
The analog scramble would have to vary a bit per adapter and switch methods periodically like those RSA key fobs (internally of course) so it would be a pain for someone to build a descrambler box, and impossible to sell a universal one.


ISN'T DRM GREAT!!]]>Mar 30th 2007 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 29th 2007 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/
There isn't a lot of point to this idea.

BTW, I wouldn't trust a MS phone monkey to give me the corporate address, you don't go to them for accurate info on upcoming products.]]>Mar 29th 2007 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/Mar 30th 2007 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/microsoft-prepping-component-to-hdmi-adapter/
An adapter wouldn't support HDCP. With all the talk about IPTV over Live MS have dropped the ball on this. MS have announced new deals with content providers so surely they'll have to make assurances about copy protection and DRM, which means HDCP over HDMI. The end result surely means 10.3 million existing 360 owners left out in the cold with component connections and no/crippled IPTV service. I'd love a workaround solution, but don't think this is it.

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