Your new HDTV may be obsolete
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Unfortunately for consumers, the new encryption schemes mean that if you have purchased a display device before the fall of 2002, there is a 90% chance that you will not be able to watch digital HDTV media on your display.
Unless your device has a DVI HDCP connector on it, you will be limited to a 480p analog signal (or a 480p digital signal if you have DVI DTCP connector) from digital sources, including HD-DVD, HD Satellite, and HD-Cable.
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...eo-2-2002.html
internal vs. external deoders
What about HDTV-ready sets with external decoders? Do your sets have built-in decoders, and is that the problem? I guess you would need a new/upgraded decoder either way. I want to get a an HDTV in the next couple of years, but most of the sets I see advertised are HDTV-ready. I've really got to look into this.
Re: internal vs. external deoders
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Originally posted by Kleen
What about HDTV-ready sets with external decoders? Do your sets have built-in decoders, and is that the problem? I guess you would need a new/upgraded decoder either way. I want to get a an HDTV in the next couple of years, but most of the sets I see advertised are HDTV-ready. I've really got to look into this.
If you have an external decoder then you are SOL.