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If you hook up an RPTV and DVD player to an A/V receiver for home theater, does the receiver also have to have a Firewire connection in addition to the TV and the satellite box?
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Originally posted by ericlhyman: Since that Onkyo lists for $3000, does anyone know if there will be any affordable THX select receivers with Firewire out this fall? |
Originally posted by trbarry: Receivers, heck, the speakers will probably have to be secure if you want better than 48 khz (IIRC) sound. I think they are down rezzing audio also. But I'm no audio expert. I just remember something I read in the 5C or HDCP specs. - Tom |
Tom, I laughed at first when I read that, but now I'm wondering if you were joking or not because I'm not positive |
3. Compliance Rules for Display Devices. The rules set out in this Section 3 apply to Display Devices. . . 3.3 Digital Outputs. A Display Device shall not permit the output of Decrypted HDCP Content to digital outputs, except, if a Display Device is also a Repeater, as expressly provided in Section 5.3 of these Compliance Rules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Display Devices may output the audio portions of Decrypted HDCP Content in (a) analog form or (b) digital form in either compressed audio format or in Linear PCM format in which the transmitted information is sampled at no more than the equivalent of 48 kHz and no more than 16 bits per channel. 3.4 No Analog Outputs. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 3.3 of these Compliance Rules, a Display Device shall not permit the output of Decrypted HDCP Content in any analog representation. |