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People still buy Monster cables? Somebody needs to enlighten these people to monoprice.com]]>May 14th 2009 9:53AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/May 14th 2009 10:33AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/May 14th 2009 10:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/May 14th 2009 11:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/
Home network AV receiver HDTV, Xbox 720, Blu-ray, etc.

This would eliminate the need for an ethernet switch and ethernet patch cables to each device. Very nice.

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Piping ethernet through HDMI is a risk to security and privacy. Each device in the chain will be able to access the network and internet, and act as a bridge for all other HDMI 1.4 or ethernet-connected components.. You MUST have security controls in place at each point to prevent unauthorized/undesired use of the network. How is this better than simply plugging in an ethernet cable, or using wifi?

Come to think of it, does that mean wireless HDMI will then carry networking? Will it be encrypted?
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My issue is that while all this HDMI stuff is going on, there's DisplayPort at the same time on the PC side, for basically the same thing. I wish that HDMI would adopt all DisplayPort abilities, and vice versa. Then all devices on the AV and computer side can just pick a single standard and call it a day.

And fixing HDMI so it doesn't fall out would be nice too.]]>May 14th 2009 1:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/May 14th 2009 3:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/May 14th 2009 5:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/
and to take it one step further, manufacturers should offer standard ethernet connection to supplement the wi-fi set up, should that wireless connection proved to be inconsistent.]]>May 14th 2009 5:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/May 14th 2009 6:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/
Even with 1.3, you are not sure everybody is giving you all the features 1.3 can support. The most offending one is the DeepColor one. You know, knowadays LCDs are either 6bit or 8bit (per channel), bluray discs are 8bit... If there are no sources or displays with either 10bit or 12bit, what is the point?

The second thing is networking. Just imagine you are building a new device, and it can either support networking via WiFi or Ethernet that is widely available, or through fuure HDMI 1.4 devices that support the *optional* feauture? We know what happened with bluray discs and networking, don't we? These optional features are optional, and most of the devices will not support them, citing extra costs for neglible gain.

By the way, did somebody read the press memo from hdmi.org? HDMI in a car? You are kidding me!]]>May 17th 2009 1:09PM