Manufacturers to Certify HDMI Products with SimplayHD

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/SimplayHDprogram.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 55px" alt=[SimplayHD] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/SimplayHD_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>There are a few problems with HDMI, the high-definition A/V connector, even if you forget about its predisposition to fall out of the port. But one of the biggest problems has little to do with the connector itself, nor the protocol for delivering copy-protected content from a source to a display. It has to do with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), the prevailing protocol for digital rights management.</P>
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jcPanny

jcPanny

Audioholic Ninja
The simplay HD testing program looks promising. However, it is concerning to see that this logo might convince many consumers to buy overpriced Monster cables. Obviously, the cable has nothing to do with the HDCP compatibility problems with current HDMI devices.
 
Canada North

Canada North

Audioholic Intern
It's About Time!!!

It's about time that someone got control over this monster called HDMI. While the whole AV industry has been running like a horse at full speed, the are finally realizing that they forgot the cart. The AV industry has forgotten the number one truth "Your product has to work as promised".

I don't know why they didn't follow the example of the most successful product launch in recent AV history "the Compact Disk".

Why did it work? The specifications were written in stone before the very first product launch. Red Book audio has remained completely unchanged for the most part(other than adding text and some other improvements). Philips Electronics kept very tight control over compatibility. It is interesting to note that thousands of prototype products did not make it onto retail shelves because they did not pass compatibility testing and could not use the Compact Disk Logo. The newest media would be tested with antique first generation equipment to ensure that improvements in the disk would not make them incompatible with what was already in peoples homes. And even now LG Electronics/Phillips Electronics(LG purchased Phillips about five years ago) will not allow copy protected disks to carry the Compact Disk Logo because it is not in the Red Book Audio Specification. The only problem is that the product has worked so well for so long that consumers don't even notice the logo any more!
 

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