It seems what they're trying to do is create a spec for docking a mobile device to your home entertainment system through a single connector. Regardless of whether the device connects first to a receiver, TV, car dashboard, whatever, the important thing is that you drop it in a dock cradle or plug in one cable and you're done. For big, stationary boxes like Tivo or PS3, you only have to connect multiple cables once, but for a mobile device you have to connect them every time you walk up, unless you've got a docking cradle big enough to have all the plugs on the back.
Think about what's in the iPhone/iPod docking connector today - now scale it up to 1080p digital video instead of analog, digital audio, Ethernet, DC power, etc. Apple may create their own proprietary DisplayPort-based connector anyway, but MPAA would sure rather they use HDMI so the signals are encrypted between devices.
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It seems what they're trying to do is create a spec for docking a mobile device to your home entertainment system through a single connector. Regardless of whether the device connects first to a receiver, TV, car dashboard, whatever, the important thing is that you drop it in a dock cradle or plug in one cable and you're done. For big, stationary boxes like Tivo or PS3, you only have to connect multiple cables once, but for a mobile device you have to connect them every time you walk up, unless you've got a docking cradle big enough to have all the plugs on the back.
Think about what's in the iPhone/iPod docking connector today - now scale it up to 1080p digital video instead of analog, digital audio, Ethernet, DC power, etc. Apple may create their own proprietary DisplayPort-based connector anyway, but MPAA would sure rather they use HDMI so the signals are encrypted between devices.