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Originally Posted by JediFonger
when will cable mfr's make/sell Type B cables? the reason is because everyone keeps yapping about "convergence" between HT and PC (hence our HTPC forum). many of the HTPC users like playing PC games at insane resolutions. i know most HDTV's can't display more than 1920x1080 but it'd help convergence if HDMI type B were made available so people who own displays like Dell's 3007 (2560x1600) can utilize HDMI cables to play nice with the rest of the HT gear.
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http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/2006/08/hdmi_part_7_-_type_a_and_b_connectors_did_you_know_a_type_b_exi sted.php |
You make some very good points. Although most of the talk about HDMI 1.3 was about the future audio codecs and their implementation there is also increased video bandwidth and bit rates for video built into the spec. There was some mention of TruColor and other video sources that will go way beyond the 8 or 10 bit current color. However, since this was a Home Theater show and since none of the monitors that we saw were showing more than 1920 x 1080 resolution I think most of the focus was on moving everything from 720p to 1080p for displays rather than moving things beyond that for the serious gamers and their HTPCs.
Last year, at a Runco demonstration, we saw a clip from what was supposed to be a 2K (1920 x 1080) digital "print" from Star Wars (ROTC) that TI had shown at a local theater. It turned out that the file was actually a 4K source (3840 x 2160) and the particular projector that Runco was using for the demo was capable of handling 4K digital. Of course, that projector cost $265,000. So I'm not saying that the display technology isn't out there for something more than 1080p - it's just either very expensive or a niche market.
But to get back to your original question - if the specs for HDMI 1.3 contain the ability to provide higher bandwidths for greater resolutions, even with a dual cable approach or similar, then nothing would be stopping a manufacturer from bringing this to market. However, this would definitely be a niche market at this time and most of the people at CEDIA were aiming toward a larger audience. Of course, maybe five years from now we will be looking back on the "old days" when we were "only" dealing with 1080p. It wasn't that long ago when 480p (remember line doubling?) was considered state of the art. And lets not forget VCRs with about 240 lines of resolution (shudder).
