Touch Pro Video output format?

[AstainHellbring]

My bet would be on component instead of composite seems the world is moving to component style instead of composite

[TurboFool]

Originally Posted by AstainHellbring

My bet would be on component instead of composite seems the world is moving to component style instead of composite

There's nothing component can do that composite can't when you consider the limitations of the Touch Pro (640x480), and the disadvantages of component (five connections instead of three, connections are only on the BACK of TVs, the majority of TVs still don't have this connection [remember, HDTVs are still in a minority of homes]) clearly cancel out the every-so-slightly-improved color fidelity of component. Anyway, the world's really NOT moving to component, the world's moving to HDMI. Component was a stop-gap analog solution that was just barely catching on when HDMI appeared and rendered it obsolete. Unless you have a game system like an early Xbox 360 or a Wii, there's really very little that uses component that can't also use the superior HDMI. Component's just still around for the older stopgap TVs.

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I think it'll be composite as well. It just seems the most cost effective, plus, like said above, people will mainly be connecting them to their TV's.

I'm almost certain they wouldn't do HDMI. It would take too much processing power. I'd also assume it would drive costs up a bit. HDMI has the capability of outputting 1GB per second, which is WAYYYY above what a PPC would need.

[TurboFool]

Originally Posted by saumaun

I think it'll be composite as well. It just seems the most cost effective, plus, like said above, people will mainly be connecting them to their TV's.

I'm almost certain they wouldn't do HDMI. It would take too much processing power. I'd also assume it would drive costs up a bit. HDMI has the capability of outputting 1GB per second, which is WAYYYY above what a PPC would need.

To be fair, they don't necessarily need to max out the capabilities of HDMI for this. They don't need to use the full bandwidth of the cable, and in theory it wouldn't take anything special to process HDMI at only 640x480, since it's just a digital DVI signal. That said, I still agree it would be unlikely overkill.

[NissanGuy01]

Originally Posted by saumaun

HDMI has the capability of outputting 1GB per second, which is WAYYYY above what a PPC would need.

RIght now...I can't wait til a PPC needs something like that.

Even though it is quite a few years off.