alright so I finally ordered HD through dish today, when I looked at the back of my tv I don't see any Dvi or Hdmi inputs. This is extremely confusing do to the fact the front of the tv has "HDTV monitor" stated on it? I have a Hitachi 43UWX10B. I'm pretty sure it can be hooked up one way or another, but the whole reason was for "Hi-Def"?
You don't need an HDMI cable or a DVI cable to get HD content. Just hook your stuff up with a set of component cables.
There is a hidden agenda behind HDMI. I believe the real reason for HDMI being here today is to help control piracy. I guess you could say the industry is trying to phase out analog connections and go with a "more secure" method. HDMI is a digital audio and video connection in one.
One day, when you try to watch something, like say a Blu-ray movie, you might not be able to watch it on your tv due to HDCP. Since you don't have any HDMI inputs on your tv, it obviously isn't HDCP compliant.
Quote:HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and DVD players (with HDMI or DVI connectors) use HDCP to establish an encrypted digital connection. If the display device?or in the case of using a PC to decrypt and play back HD DVD or Blu-ray media, the graphics card (hardware, drivers and playback software)?does not support HDCP, then a connection cannot be established. As a result, a black picture and/or error message will likely be displayed instead of the video content.
And another
Quote:HDMI devices supporting HDCP have the comfort of knowing they will have access to premium HD content now and in the future. HD-DVD and Blu-ray have delayed the activation of the image constraint token (a.k.a. content protection flag) with today?s HD movies to help minimize potential issues caused by the transition, but are expected to activate this in a few years, meaning future HD movies will then not be viewable at HD resolutions over unprotected interfaces such as analog component.
