I'm a 26 year old I.T. Professional and have loved technology since I was a little boy, naturally my progression into HD displays and audio were inevitable, but, ever since my plunge into this about a year ago (whilst the technology has matured much since it's release)... it just seems that nothing quite works properly, we continue to buy devices, put up with shortcomings and fall back on where they shine to overcome what upsets us about them... seems to be evident in every arena

when are we going to be able to purchase displays and dvd players and audio equipment that amazes and works in all scenearios?

*frustrated*

Whenever the studios realize that all this copy protection garbage really isn't helping them any. Then we can have good, solid 2 way communication between all the devices. HDMI 1.3 hopefully will address some of it. Unfortunately, some of the things it tries to do for us only causes more frustration.

Bryan

Whenever the studios realize that all this copy protection garbage really isn't helping them any.
Bryan
I am afraid based on past experience that will be never. They always think about nickels and dimes they are losing and forget how much they have made when everything is easy. I do think it helps that a "major retailer" will insist that products they sell with HDMI will be compatible. A trend in the right direction.

This is why I don't buy into every new thing that comes out. Like the whole Blu-Ray & HD DVD issue going on right now. I've invested thousdands into my DVD collection & really am quite happy with the quality of DVD. I have seen little to no difference in what HD stuff I have seen thus far compared to a good quality DVD.
And the copy protection crap is getting to be a joke. When will they learn that no one gives a damn. For everything they can come up with someone is going to have a way around it. It just makes it that much more of a PITA for the honest people to deal with all the BS that they shouldn't have to.

Agree with sonytheater - early adopters always get scrood. We pay more for the technology, we beta test it for the corporations, it's obsoleted by better, cheaper stuff, and we spend more time getting it to work.

And copy protection can and will always be overcome. The point is primarily to make it difficult for the average consumer to distribute copied content.