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I sent a message to Pioneer about my concerns regarding my fear that my set will soon be obsolete because of the DVI standard. The message I sent and the response follow. It seems to me that we wouldn't be able to use the component inputs on the TV as he suggests from my understanding of this new standard. Anyway, here is my message and his reply:
Original Message:
Hi,
I have a Pioneer Elite PRO-710HD and have been very happy with it.
I was not happy to hear recently that a "new standard" has been developed that incorporates copy protection and will in essense make all existing HDTV sets obsolete (at least in the sense that they won't be able to display much of the HDTV content out there in the near future.) (I beleive this new standard is refered to is DVI).
I held off until HDTV came out before getting my widescreen TV so that I could get many, many years of use out of it, and now it looks like the industry is trying to obsolete my new TV immediately!
Is Pioneer going to offer any kind of upgrade for their HDTV sets to prevent them from being obsoleted? What can I do to prevent my very large investment from going down the drain?
Thank you.
Sean Dudley
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Reply from Pioneer:
For the current sets, future connectivity will be made through some type of set-top box (Satellite reciever or Digital Cable box) and then the signal sent to the monitor over standard component video connections.
1394 has its bandwidth limitations, so it is not the answer for HD content.
DVi consumer standards have not been finalized, probrably with-in the next year.
Original Message:
Hi,
I have a Pioneer Elite PRO-710HD and have been very happy with it.
I was not happy to hear recently that a "new standard" has been developed that incorporates copy protection and will in essense make all existing HDTV sets obsolete (at least in the sense that they won't be able to display much of the HDTV content out there in the near future.) (I beleive this new standard is refered to is DVI).
I held off until HDTV came out before getting my widescreen TV so that I could get many, many years of use out of it, and now it looks like the industry is trying to obsolete my new TV immediately!
Is Pioneer going to offer any kind of upgrade for their HDTV sets to prevent them from being obsoleted? What can I do to prevent my very large investment from going down the drain?
Thank you.
Sean Dudley
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Reply from Pioneer:
For the current sets, future connectivity will be made through some type of set-top box (Satellite reciever or Digital Cable box) and then the signal sent to the monitor over standard component video connections.
1394 has its bandwidth limitations, so it is not the answer for HD content.
DVi consumer standards have not been finalized, probrably with-in the next year.