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HT-PC "jukebox" instead of CD/DVD-Player?
While the Audio- and HT-Industry is discussing copy-protection, a confusing number of competing standards, regional codes etc. and cannibalising it's own business the HT-PC might be the winner!?
1) Will a video-stream played from a 300GB hard-disc-drive and controlled through a Media-Center have the same quality as from a DVD-player (e.g. speed-tolerances)?
2) Will modern A/V-Receivers take over D/A-conversion for audio in the same quality as high-end DVD-players?
3) Will video-sources be connected directly to video-displays (best quality by HDMI) bypassing the A/V-Receiver or will the A/V-Receiver be(come) the central switching device both for audio and video and with which connectors? (see 2 charts attached)
4) What will be the Audio and Video-Format corresponding with HDV and HD-DVD?
High quality audio in comparison to HD-pictures seems to be the looser within the last years as SACD and DVD-Audio are reported to have already decreasing sales figures (smart industry: 2 standards instead of one ... never accepted by the client!)
5) It's completely inconsistent: Whily music can be down-loaded to each and every device in various formats (paying for it in various ways - or not), the video-industry thinks that their products can be copy-protected totally and no video will find it's way from a DVD to a HT-PC. Who will win?
Whats your opinion?
Felix / austriacus
1) Will a video-stream played from a 300GB hard-disc-drive and controlled through a Media-Center have the same quality as from a DVD-player (e.g. speed-tolerances)?
2) Will modern A/V-Receivers take over D/A-conversion for audio in the same quality as high-end DVD-players?
3) Will video-sources be connected directly to video-displays (best quality by HDMI) bypassing the A/V-Receiver or will the A/V-Receiver be(come) the central switching device both for audio and video and with which connectors? (see 2 charts attached)
4) What will be the Audio and Video-Format corresponding with HDV and HD-DVD?
High quality audio in comparison to HD-pictures seems to be the looser within the last years as SACD and DVD-Audio are reported to have already decreasing sales figures (smart industry: 2 standards instead of one ... never accepted by the client!)
5) It's completely inconsistent: Whily music can be down-loaded to each and every device in various formats (paying for it in various ways - or not), the video-industry thinks that their products can be copy-protected totally and no video will find it's way from a DVD to a HT-PC. Who will win?
Whats your opinion?
Felix / austriacus