Is HDMI upgradable? on plasmas? (1 Viewer)

[Daniel P]

The reason I ask is, I want to buy a Panasonic 50" plasma, and a ps3, but I hear the ps3 will have HDMI 1.3, and the Panny 50" has only HDMI 1.1.

 

[dany]

I dont belive HDMI is upgradable.

 

[ChrisWiggles]

Unlikely, but it shouldn't be a problem or really anything you'd be too concerned about in the near-term.

 

[Darren_N]

So do we know what kinds of features those of us who have TV's with 1.1 will be missing out on once 1.3 (and beyond) becomes the norm?

Thanks.

Darren

 

[ChrisWiggles]

you miss out on basically nothing. There is some added bit-depth capability which could be taken advantage of more in the future, which is nice. But you can already do 10 and 12-bit with current HDMI if you're sending YCbCr. IF you're using RGB, then you are stuck with the 8-bit bottleneck (same as DVI) which can sometimes be a problem if you're doing processing and such in the source or earlier in the chain.

 

[Mort Corey]

If you intend to purchase one of the "industrial" versions of this display then a blade with HDMI upgrades will probably become available at some time. On the consumer unit I think you'd be stuck.

Mort

 

[dany]

I think HDMI has said no plans for any upgrades but i guess that could change someday.

 

[Darren_N]

Chris,

Thanks for the reply. When you say 10 and 12 bit with current HDMI, you mean per color, right? So 30 and 36 bit total for red, green, and blue?

I think I've read that HDMI 1.3 will support 30, 36, and 48 bit.

Darren

 

[ChrisWiggles]

Yes.

 

[orestes]

Please, educate me here. So if I get a PS3 which will have support for HDMI 1.3, but my TV set only supports HDMI 1.1 and so does my AV Receiver, could I still connect the PS3 (HDMI 1.3) directly to my AV Receiver without seeing any problems whatsoever? In other words, does HDMI 1.3 have backward compatibility with 1.1?

Thanks,
orestes