for HD output. Most manufacturers still include only the Component video with the player, as it is cheaper and applies to lot more TVs as a standard input device, than HDMI cables.HDMI has been improving in popularity only recently and becoming more and more popular in the last year, with the buzz words of 720p and 1080p, the craze regarding gaming and finally the hype around 3D content. Component Video has been around for a long time now, with low throughput and has an upper limit in the resolution that it can output. Since the digital media is scaling new heights and higher specification with every passing month, it is time we have HDMI as the standard medium for Input / Output.
The industry has finally decided to take action on this and any new Blu-Ray device announced in CES (after Jan 1st, 2011) will support only HDMI as the output mode for HD. The existing players in the market can continue to sell till the end of 2011 and then have to shelved. This means that any new Blu-Ray media that will be purchased in future will be able to identify the output mode used and down convert the display to 540p if Component video is used. It will output in 1080p only if HDMI is used to connect the devices. This will be controlled using the Image Constraint Token (ICT) that will be set on the Title by Studios. The final nail in the coffin for the Component video will come in 2013, when the Blu-Ray devices will completely stop supporting analog output.
In the mean time, any existing media that we already have will continue to be supported irrespective of the mode, as the ICT does not apply for existing media. In any case, when we have invested on the player and HDTV to go with it, as well invest on the HDMI cable and enjoy the display. Make sure you buy the regular HDMI cables, as the hype around the HDMI cable speeds are just a gimmick. Also hope that the manufacturers will also transition and package the HDMI cables in place of Component video cables.
Author: Vinod
Source: Engadget
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