Just some FYI I found on Sanyo's website regarding HDMI 1.3. Some of this has been posted already, but some I haven't seen.



HDMI L.L.C. released the final specifications for the HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) 1.3 standard this past June. Previous versions of HDMI supported resolutions to 1080p and high-bandwidth audio. Now, HDMI 1.3 has a few more "tweaks" to it:


Single-link bandwidth is now increased to 340 MHz from 165 MHz, allowing data rates as fast as 10.2 gigabits per second (Gb/s)


HDMI 1.3 now supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths, up from 24-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification


The xvYCC expanded color space is now supported, allowing the display of colors that exceed standard SMPTE-C or REC.709 color gamuts

Other enhancements include a new "mini" HDMI connector, lip sync error (latency) correction, and support for new, lossless compressed digital audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.

HDMI COMPATIBILITY ISSUES

In a Cedia Expo meeting with representatives of HDMI Licensing L.L.C. it was revealed that numerous interfacing problems have been documented between the new blue laser DVD players and current model projectors, rear-projection HDTVs, and flat panel HDTVs.

Some of those problems have included incorrect set-up of the player's output resolution, frequent crashing or locking-up of the player as inputs on a display are changed, or no signal at all between the display and the player.

To date, none of the new blue laser DVD players have been submitted for certification by Simplay Labs, currently the only HDMI-licensed test center. At least one player manufacturer has responded that their own software updates should fix the HDMI signal compatibility issues.

Products that support HDMI 1.3 won't be widely available until the spring of 2007, at which time it is hoped that most of these HDMI compatibility issues will have been resolved.



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