[Discuss] OT: HD TV capture and bittorrent

[Justin Rebelo]

Adam Parkin wrote:
> Yeah mine too (1 component, 1 DVI, but >1 HDMI).  When we got the TV the 
> salesperson talked in great length about HDMI and I thought it was 
> because we were considering the Shaw box as well, hence the thought that 
> the Shaw box used HDMI.
> 
> I wonder what people use their HDMI ports for then if not for their HD 
> boxes?  I guess you can find DVD players that use them, but given the 
> high expense of HDMI cables while offering about the same quality as 
> component I can't see why you'd want to go that route.  Although 
> admittedly, it would be nice to use something other than my Xbox for 
> playing DVD's (the Xbox is claiming the only composite input jack).

I do use one HDMI port now for my upconverting Toshiba DVD player which 
only cost around $40-$50 at XS Cargo (down near Mayfair). I purchased 
the HDMI 6' cable from NCIX for about $30 including taxes and shipping 
and so forth. The player upconverts to 1080i and is surprisingly more of 
an improvement over my old standard player than I had expected.

Regarding the other fellow's comment, I also understand the same that 
HDMI == DVI + Audio, but it sure as hell is convenient because the 
cables are very small, with nicely fitting jacks.

Justin