The incorrect use of "crippled" bothers me. Verizon would take a phone that was designed and built with certain features and remove them before selling. That is crippling.
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Originally Posted by gin_tonic
Who is lying?
The person who said that HDMI has a higher max resolution than DisplayPort?
Just wanted to relay a bit of information one of Apple's Systems Engineers gave to us during his monthly presentation at our school:
VGA output on the iPad is application specific.
It won't be the same as what Jobs and company showed on stage where seemingly everything was projected on screen (that was something custom for the stage as with other past products).
Each developer will need to [optionally] include a system call to output video for their specific app.
In the case of the iPad, Keynote is a video output ready app.
Ouch, that's stupid. I don't think a developer should have to turn it on or be allowed to disable a video out like that. An exception might be if the dev wants to use it as a second screen rather than just mirror the internal screen.
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Originally Posted by Rob55
Think of it from Apple's perspective. If they enabled 720p video out from the iPad, then it would compete with one of their own existing products. Since the AppleTV probably doesn't see much in the way of sales, even a little bit of competition from the iPad could spell doom for it.
Sorry, I don't buy that one bit, very different product, very different form factor, very different controls and use model. I don't see anyone stringing a cable from a device on their lap to their TV or getting up to to control it. Apple's tech specs page doesn't mention remote compatibility either.
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Originally Posted by pt109
Good point. But the ePub standard is all about reflow and taking the "paper size" out of publishing. I just don't see extending the length of a "page" as a longterm problem. I just think the 4:3 screen size is one of a number of compromises Apple shrewdly made for the 1.0 product. As with the iPod, there can be an indefinite stream of "new, improved" models: HD for movies, camera for vid conferencing, new sensors for better gameplay, and always, always faster silicon and more memory. In Steve's vision there will be demand for the next year's model for another 5-10 years. I suspect he's right.
The problem with just taking the page length out of the equation is, if you're referring to a specific paragraph, how will you communicate to someone where it is?
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Originally Posted by DocNo42
I think that's reading quite a bit into things. The simple fact is, VGA is the dominant (by a VERY wide margin) connector on projectors. Blame the PC/Windows crowd - display port is a much more modern and sane standard but the majority of PC laptops still come with VGA ports. Until that changes, don't expect to see projectors with display port any time soon. And once they show up with display port, there are still going to be millions of legacy projectors with only VGA out there. VGA will be around for a long time
VGA seems to be easily able to run longer lengths without getting too expensive.
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Originally Posted by KenC
I agree, I've never seen a WXGA, aka 720p, presentation. All presentations are in a 4 by 3 format, so the two sizes used are XGA, 1024 x 768 and SVGA, 800 x 600. The iPad has an iWorks suite. Clearly you can make Keynotes, and it stands to reason you can present Keynotes, so XGA video out thru a VGA connector makes complete sense.
WXGA is more commonly referring to 1366x 768. It expands the horizontal axis by another third, keeping the vertical axis the same.
Im also sad that I won't be able to do jobsian ipad demos on my tv it would be similar to the Archos which is a crap device execpt when used on the TV.
But he's part right too. Apple's current Macs don't support that resolution, Apple state 2560x1600 is their max.
That higher max isn't useful except for movies, it's likely not relevant outside that use.
I don't recall him mentioning Macs at all, just that HDMI has better specs than DP, which isn't true. If he was focusing on Macs, then what is the point of bringing up anything outside of DVI since Macs have never had HDMI? There aren't any.
Until recently it wasn't even possible to hook into most hotel TV's, and even now it's still pretty rare. And most of the time my laptop or the display on the iPad will be a thousand times better than what is in the hotel room anyway.
As for a friends house, a DVD isn't HD, very few of my friends have BlueRay, and they are usually the ones providing the video content anyway if we are going to watch a movie. Beyond movies, there are multiple ways to get to video but just as I have never used my iPod or iPhone to show video, I can't imagine using the iPad to either. But if I wanted to, amazingly the plasma's, LCD's and even my HD CRT RPTV all have VGA inputs. My sisters newest LCD only has DVI, but a cheap VGA to DVI dongle fixes that.
Bottom line - if portable HD video is your thing, the Archos seems like a much better solution for you. Thankfully I'm glad Apple didn't focus on movie playback. I think it's a grossly overblown use case and a 16:9 screen would be much more awkward than 4:3.
Granted, the iPad wouldn't be the best way to take video to a friend's house. I'd rather have an iPod to do it, but iPods are stuck with SD output only in which case I'd rather own the DVD because it would be better quality than Apple's SD. (And while DVD isn't HD, if you have a good scaler in your TV, a DVD can look damn near as good as Apple's highly compressed 720p.)
Regardless, the point is that Apple's HD video content isn't currently portable, which is one reason I won't buy it. And while many HDTVs have VGA inputs, it remains to be seen if the iPad can support outputing its VGA video in that aspect ratio. Even if it's not 720p, can it ouput video in a 16:9 aspect ratio? Or will I end up with black bars on all four sides of my video (ie, horizontal bars because the iPad had to fit the video into it's 4:3 aspect ratio and vertical bars because my TV had to fit the resulting 4:3 output to it's 16:9 aspect ratio)? My old PPC mini, which used to be my HTPC, could output video over VGA in a 16:9 ratio. If the iPad can also, it would be a way to make Apple's HD video portable.
And note that your "cheap VGA to DVI dongle" isn't really DVI in the "digital" video interface sense of the acronym. It's really a VGA to DVI-I adaptor. DVI-I carries both an analog and digital signal. And the VGA adaptor will only include the analog signal. So if you hook it up to a DVI-D (digital only) device, or if you connect a DVI-HDMI adaptor, you'll be starring at a blank screen.
I suspect one reason the iPad (and all iPods/iPhone) are limited to analog video output are either technical (trying to get a digital video signal through the dock connector) or licensing (displaying an HD video over a digital connection requires HDCP be implemented).
You did qualify your post with "Wiki says that" so i apologize with for my comment about you lying. Wikipedia is incorrect. The specs for DP v1.2 are as I stated and much more.
You'e referring to the DP connector type. There are no limitations in throughput based on DP standard or mDP connector types for DisplayPort. Note that it's still the DisplayPort digital standard even when the port is mDP. Just like with USB-A and USB-B connector types still allowing for USB2.0 throughput.
Whats wrong with VGA? My cheap 1920:1080 flatscreen has it and it works just fine with my MacBook Pro via the miniDP to VGA adapter? Sure I woun't be able to watch BlueRay movies on it but it works just fine for DVD-Movies and large spreadsheets .
I guess like Windows, VGA still is just good enough for most of us?
I don't think you made it clear how inferior you think non-Apple technology is! And how far the mighty Jobs had to bend his knees in order to get a mere VGA output in the iPad. (Oh, I mean, XGA. Yeah, I know everybody calls it XGA!)
Shame, I was hoping for a media dock that had a HDMI output to connect to the TV, stereo connectors for audio, and a remote control to control it from the sofa.
Think of a Squeezebox on steroids.
VGA is better than nothing (and VGA isn't restricted to 1024x768, I don't see why other applications can't request 1280x720 unless Apple limit the APIs) I guess.
Whats wrong with VGA? My cheap 1920:1080 flatscreen has it and it works just fine with my MacBook Pro via the miniDP to VGA adapter? Sure I woun't be able to watch BlueRay movies on it but it works just fine for DVD-Movies and large spreadsheets .
I guess like Windows, VGA still is just good enough for most of us?
I resurrected an old computer recently, so I tried that a month ago, it didn't work so well. It does depend a little on the quality of the cable and the ports, there is digital to analog to digital conversion going on. The digital connectors generally seem to be a lot more resilient against distortions, especially when you're running it at such a high resolution.
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Originally Posted by solipsism
I don't recall him mentioning Macs at all, just that HDMI has better specs than DP, which isn't true. If he was focusing on Macs, then what is the point of bringing up anything outside of DVI since Macs have never had HDMI? There aren't any.
You're right, though I generally treat DVI and HDMI interchangeably, and haven't had any issues arrise.
DP1.2 is only a few weeks old. An article that predates that ratification is going to be a bit out of date. mDP is now a VESA-ratified port connector. As far as I can tell, it can support all the features the big one can, except for a mechanical lock.
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Originally Posted by Amdahl
I don't think you made it clear how inferior you think non-Apple technology is! And how far the mighty Jobs had to bend his knees in order to get a mere VGA output in the iPad. (Oh, I mean, XGA. Yeah, I know everybody calls it XGA!)
VGA is usually used as the informal term for the connector. XGA is a term for a specific screen resolution.
And for all the apologists for Apple and the iPad, saying its about cost and compatability its just not that simple. My laptop doesn't do VGA out and guess what? It's also more likely to be hooked up to a projector to deliver a talk than it ever is to be connected to a widescreen TV. Projectors are what laptops are meant to be connected to and yet they've evolved to modern standards. And with the iPad we hear they're going to be great for lectures, but we also know the lecturers like showing videos on TVs as well. If they roll in a TV made this century as far as I can tell its not to be able to hook up to the iPad at all.
Another issue that's inevitably going to come up if Apple fixed it so external video output is decent quality is the fact that the iPad will only play a tiny amount of video that is in circulation. Want to use the iPad to present a talk that has anything other than Quicktime video? ... not gonna happen either.
I underlined two points that are completely wrong.
For the first one, I direct you to the Apple store. As it stands right now, the iPad cannot output HD video (although it can process and playback 720p video), but it can most certainly connect to TV's made in this century as they typically come with hdmi and component inputs. For that matter, most HDTV's have VGA input as well.
For the second point, you are correct that the iPad features limited video codecs, but it is not Quicktime only. .h264 is also supported and is the most common format available.
Since those points basically encompass your entire argument, nothing you said really has much basis in reality, and here you are talking to the Apple apologists like you are somehow better than them, you just swing the other way, missing reality by just as much.
I underlined two points that are completely wrong.
For the first one, I direct you to the Apple store. As it stands right now, the iPad cannot output HD video (although it can process and playback 720p video), but it can most certainly connect to TV's made in this century as they typically come with hdmi and component inputs. For that matter, most HDTV's have VGA input as well.
The only reason the iPad will work with modern HDTVs is that they feature a "legacy VGA connector". iPad doesn't do HDMI, and who wants to view 480i (or 480p) on their shiny HDTV that can do 1080p?
I'm glad it has vga output. I'm anxious to shut some of my geek friends up. To be fair, they don't know what it has so they can't talk up something they don't know exists yet, but again, to be fair this is a good example of "don't talk about what you don't know about."
I've seen a few people make a comment about this specifically and call the ipad junk.
I won't be buying one, but at least Apple isn't completely ignoring what people want.
I underlined two points that are completely wrong.
For the first one, I direct you to the Apple store. As it stands right now, the iPad cannot output HD video (although it can process and playback 720p video), but it can most certainly connect to TV's made in this century as they typically come with hdmi and component inputs. For that matter, most HDTV's have VGA input as well.
For the second point, you are correct that the iPad features limited video codecs, but it is not Quicktime only. .h264 is also supported and is the most common format available.
Since those points basically encompass your entire argument, nothing you said really has much basis in reality, and here you are talking to the Apple apologists like you are somehow better than them, you just swing the other way, missing reality by just as much.
Question is, will the iPad let you output local HD content at all, thru component or VGA. The iPhone doesn't let you store/playback these files, so there's no basis for comparison. Will they give an error when connected to a TV?
The only reason the iPad will work with modern HDTVs is that they feature a "legacy VGA connector". iPad doesn't do HDMI, and who wants to view 480i (or 480p) on their shiny HDTV that can do 1080p?
Clearly you didn't follow my link, or read what I wrote. HDTVs typically come with two connector types in addition to a legacy VGA port. HDMI and component. Component cables are fully capable of transmitting 1080p video, so I wouldn't really consider them legacy quite yet.
Of course I'd rather have an HD signal, but at this point you are not only ignoring the major part of my argument, but also taking my post out of context. The context was that I was replying to someone who said the iPad is not cpable of transmitting to a modern TV. Which is untrue. I was simply stating why that was the case. I never said hdmi or a 720p or greater signal wouldn't be nice.
I do find it odd that Apple is not allowing 720p video through the component cable even though the iPad can render it. This is either being done due to bandwidth limitations of the dock connector or for consistency reasons. i'm hoping it's the latter.
Right now the iPad does not have a video dock and the iPhone/iPod Touch video dock is intentionally out of date (old apple remote). I have a sneaking suspicion that a new dock is in the works, perhaps with the vaunted hdmi output you want. My only question is one of the timing. Would they update the firmware on the iPod touch and the iPhone to playback 720p video (they are capable) or would they save this dock for the iPad and the next generation of iPhone/iPod touch? Hoping for the former, expecting the latter.
Question is, will the iPad let you output local HD content at all, thru component or VGA. The iPhone doesn't let you store/playback these files, so there's no basis for comparison. Will they give an error when connected to a TV?
I do find it odd that Apple is not allowing 720p video through the component cable even though the iPad can render it. This is either being done due to bandwidth limitations of the dock connector or for consistency reasons. i'm hoping it's the latter.
Since the composite and component cables are for playing back media and the iPad is the first handheld to also play protected HD iTS video, perhaps they can't contractually push HD analog signals. Can you push iTS HD from a Mac via analog video out?
Since the composite and component cables are for playing back media and the iPad is the first handheld to also play protected iTS video, perhaps they can't contractually push HD analog signals. Can you push iTS HD from a Mac via analog video out?
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Who is lying?
The person who said that HDMI has a higher max resolution than DisplayPort?
Just wanted to relay a bit of information one of Apple's Systems Engineers gave to us during his monthly presentation at our school:
VGA output on the iPad is application specific.
It won't be the same as what Jobs and company showed on stage where seemingly everything was projected on screen (that was something custom for the stage as with other past products).
Each developer will need to [optionally] include a system call to output video for their specific app.
In the case of the iPad, Keynote is a video output ready app.
Ouch, that's stupid. I don't think a developer should have to turn it on or be allowed to disable a video out like that. An exception might be if the dev wants to use it as a second screen rather than just mirror the internal screen.
Think of it from Apple's perspective. If they enabled 720p video out from the iPad, then it would compete with one of their own existing products. Since the AppleTV probably doesn't see much in the way of sales, even a little bit of competition from the iPad could spell doom for it.
Sorry, I don't buy that one bit, very different product, very different form factor, very different controls and use model. I don't see anyone stringing a cable from a device on their lap to their TV or getting up to to control it. Apple's tech specs page doesn't mention remote compatibility either.
Good point. But the ePub standard is all about reflow and taking the "paper size" out of publishing. I just don't see extending the length of a "page" as a longterm problem. I just think the 4:3 screen size is one of a number of compromises Apple shrewdly made for the 1.0 product. As with the iPod, there can be an indefinite stream of "new, improved" models: HD for movies, camera for vid conferencing, new sensors for better gameplay, and always, always faster silicon and more memory. In Steve's vision there will be demand for the next year's model for another 5-10 years. I suspect he's right.
The problem with just taking the page length out of the equation is, if you're referring to a specific paragraph, how will you communicate to someone where it is?
I think that's reading quite a bit into things. The simple fact is, VGA is the dominant (by a VERY wide margin) connector on projectors. Blame the PC/Windows crowd - display port is a much more modern and sane standard but the majority of PC laptops still come with VGA ports. Until that changes, don't expect to see projectors with display port any time soon. And once they show up with display port, there are still going to be millions of legacy projectors with only VGA out there. VGA will be around for a long time
VGA seems to be easily able to run longer lengths without getting too expensive.
I agree, I've never seen a WXGA, aka 720p, presentation. All presentations are in a 4 by 3 format, so the two sizes used are XGA, 1024 x 768 and SVGA, 800 x 600. The iPad has an iWorks suite. Clearly you can make Keynotes, and it stands to reason you can present Keynotes, so XGA video out thru a VGA connector makes complete sense.
WXGA is more commonly referring to 1366x 768. It expands the horizontal axis by another third, keeping the vertical axis the same.
Always with the lying.
DP v1.2 21.6Gbps, 3840 x 2400 @ 60Hz
... and many other features that HDMI can't compete with.
But he's part right too. Apple's current Macs don't support that resolution, Apple state 2560x1600 is their max.
The person who said that HDMI has a higher max resolution than DisplayPort?
That higher max isn't useful except for movies, it's likely not relevant outside that use.
But he's part right too. Apple's current Macs don't support that resolution, Apple state 2560x1600 is their max.
That higher max isn't useful except for movies, it's likely not relevant outside that use.
I don't recall him mentioning Macs at all, just that HDMI has better specs than DP, which isn't true. If he was focusing on Macs, then what is the point of bringing up anything outside of DVI since Macs have never had HDMI? There aren't any.
The person who said that HDMI has a higher max resolution than DisplayPort?
Sometimes you need to think first before blaming somebody for lying. Check this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_connectors and look at the max resolution column.
By the way, which current Apple products have full-size DisplayPort? I recall, most of them have Mini DisplayPort: the port is capable of driving resolutions up to 2560x1600 only.
Until recently it wasn't even possible to hook into most hotel TV's, and even now it's still pretty rare. And most of the time my laptop or the display on the iPad will be a thousand times better than what is in the hotel room anyway.
As for a friends house, a DVD isn't HD, very few of my friends have BlueRay, and they are usually the ones providing the video content anyway if we are going to watch a movie. Beyond movies, there are multiple ways to get to video but just as I have never used my iPod or iPhone to show video, I can't imagine using the iPad to either. But if I wanted to, amazingly the plasma's, LCD's and even my HD CRT RPTV all have VGA inputs. My sisters newest LCD only has DVI, but a cheap VGA to DVI dongle fixes that.
Bottom line - if portable HD video is your thing, the Archos seems like a much better solution for you. Thankfully I'm glad Apple didn't focus on movie playback. I think it's a grossly overblown use case and a 16:9 screen would be much more awkward than 4:3.
Granted, the iPad wouldn't be the best way to take video to a friend's house. I'd rather have an iPod to do it, but iPods are stuck with SD output only in which case I'd rather own the DVD because it would be better quality than Apple's SD. (And while DVD isn't HD, if you have a good scaler in your TV, a DVD can look damn near as good as Apple's highly compressed 720p.)
Regardless, the point is that Apple's HD video content isn't currently portable, which is one reason I won't buy it. And while many HDTVs have VGA inputs, it remains to be seen if the iPad can support outputing its VGA video in that aspect ratio. Even if it's not 720p, can it ouput video in a 16:9 aspect ratio? Or will I end up with black bars on all four sides of my video (ie, horizontal bars because the iPad had to fit the video into it's 4:3 aspect ratio and vertical bars because my TV had to fit the resulting 4:3 output to it's 16:9 aspect ratio)? My old PPC mini, which used to be my HTPC, could output video over VGA in a 16:9 ratio. If the iPad can also, it would be a way to make Apple's HD video portable.
And note that your "cheap VGA to DVI dongle" isn't really DVI in the "digital" video interface sense of the acronym. It's really a VGA to DVI-I adaptor. DVI-I carries both an analog and digital signal. And the VGA adaptor will only include the analog signal. So if you hook it up to a DVI-D (digital only) device, or if you connect a DVI-HDMI adaptor, you'll be starring at a blank screen.
I suspect one reason the iPad (and all iPods/iPhone) are limited to analog video output are either technical (trying to get a digital video signal through the dock connector) or licensing (displaying an HD video over a digital connection requires HDCP be implemented).
Sometimes you need to think first before blaming somebody for lying. Check this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_connectors and look at the max resolution column.
You did qualify your post with "Wiki says that" so i apologize with for my comment about you lying. Wikipedia is incorrect. The specs for DP v1.2 are as I stated and much more.
By the way, which current Apple products have full-size DisplayPort? I recall, most of them have Mini DisplayPort: the port is capable of driving resolutions up to 2560x1600 only.
You'e referring to the DP connector type. There are no limitations in throughput based on DP standard or mDP connector types for DisplayPort. Note that it's still the DisplayPort digital standard even when the port is mDP. Just like with USB-A and USB-B connector types still allowing for USB2.0 throughput.
I guess like Windows, VGA still is just good enough for most of us?
Think of a Squeezebox on steroids.
VGA is better than nothing (and VGA isn't restricted to 1024x768, I don't see why other applications can't request 1280x720 unless Apple limit the APIs) I guess.
Whats wrong with VGA? My cheap 1920:1080 flatscreen has it and it works just fine with my MacBook Pro via the miniDP to VGA adapter? Sure I woun't be able to watch BlueRay movies on it but it works just fine for DVD-Movies and large spreadsheets
I guess like Windows, VGA still is just good enough for most of us?
I resurrected an old computer recently, so I tried that a month ago, it didn't work so well. It does depend a little on the quality of the cable and the ports, there is digital to analog to digital conversion going on. The digital connectors generally seem to be a lot more resilient against distortions, especially when you're running it at such a high resolution.
I don't recall him mentioning Macs at all, just that HDMI has better specs than DP, which isn't true. If he was focusing on Macs, then what is the point of bringing up anything outside of DVI since Macs have never had HDMI? There aren't any.
You're right, though I generally treat DVI and HDMI interchangeably, and haven't had any issues arrise.
Sometimes you need to think first before blaming somebody for lying. Check this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_connectors and look at the max resolution column.
By the way, which current Apple products have full-size DisplayPort? I recall, most of them have Mini DisplayPort: the port is capable of driving resolutions up to 2560x1600 only.
DP1.2 is only a few weeks old. An article that predates that ratification is going to be a bit out of date. mDP is now a VESA-ratified port connector. As far as I can tell, it can support all the features the big one can, except for a mechanical lock.
I don't think you made it clear how inferior you think non-Apple technology is! And how far the mighty Jobs had to bend his knees in order to get a mere VGA output in the iPad. (Oh, I mean, XGA. Yeah, I know everybody calls it XGA!)
VGA is usually used as the informal term for the connector. XGA is a term for a specific screen resolution.
This is well said, especially the last two bits.
And for all the apologists for Apple and the iPad, saying its about cost and compatability its just not that simple. My laptop doesn't do VGA out and guess what? It's also more likely to be hooked up to a projector to deliver a talk than it ever is to be connected to a widescreen TV. Projectors are what laptops are meant to be connected to and yet they've evolved to modern standards. And with the iPad we hear they're going to be great for lectures, but we also know the lecturers like showing videos on TVs as well. If they roll in a TV made this century as far as I can tell its not to be able to hook up to the iPad at all.
Another issue that's inevitably going to come up if Apple fixed it so external video output is decent quality is the fact that the iPad will only play a tiny amount of video that is in circulation. Want to use the iPad to present a talk that has anything other than Quicktime video? ... not gonna happen either.
I underlined two points that are completely wrong.
For the first one, I direct you to the Apple store. As it stands right now, the iPad cannot output HD video (although it can process and playback 720p video), but it can most certainly connect to TV's made in this century as they typically come with hdmi and component inputs. For that matter, most HDTV's have VGA input as well.
For the second point, you are correct that the iPad features limited video codecs, but it is not Quicktime only. .h264 is also supported and is the most common format available.
Since those points basically encompass your entire argument, nothing you said really has much basis in reality, and here you are talking to the Apple apologists like you are somehow better than them, you just swing the other way, missing reality by just as much.
I underlined two points that are completely wrong.
For the first one, I direct you to the Apple store. As it stands right now, the iPad cannot output HD video (although it can process and playback 720p video), but it can most certainly connect to TV's made in this century as they typically come with hdmi and component inputs. For that matter, most HDTV's have VGA input as well.
The only reason the iPad will work with modern HDTVs is that they feature a "legacy VGA connector". iPad doesn't do HDMI, and who wants to view 480i (or 480p) on their shiny HDTV that can do 1080p?
I've seen a few people make a comment about this specifically and call the ipad junk.
I won't be buying one, but at least Apple isn't completely ignoring what people want.
I underlined two points that are completely wrong.
For the first one, I direct you to the Apple store. As it stands right now, the iPad cannot output HD video (although it can process and playback 720p video), but it can most certainly connect to TV's made in this century as they typically come with hdmi and component inputs. For that matter, most HDTV's have VGA input as well.
For the second point, you are correct that the iPad features limited video codecs, but it is not Quicktime only. .h264 is also supported and is the most common format available.
Since those points basically encompass your entire argument, nothing you said really has much basis in reality, and here you are talking to the Apple apologists like you are somehow better than them, you just swing the other way, missing reality by just as much.
Question is, will the iPad let you output local HD content at all, thru component or VGA. The iPhone doesn't let you store/playback these files, so there's no basis for comparison. Will they give an error when connected to a TV?
The only reason the iPad will work with modern HDTVs is that they feature a "legacy VGA connector". iPad doesn't do HDMI, and who wants to view 480i (or 480p) on their shiny HDTV that can do 1080p?
Clearly you didn't follow my link, or read what I wrote. HDTVs typically come with two connector types in addition to a legacy VGA port. HDMI and component. Component cables are fully capable of transmitting 1080p video, so I wouldn't really consider them legacy quite yet.
Of course I'd rather have an HD signal, but at this point you are not only ignoring the major part of my argument, but also taking my post out of context. The context was that I was replying to someone who said the iPad is not cpable of transmitting to a modern TV. Which is untrue. I was simply stating why that was the case. I never said hdmi or a 720p or greater signal wouldn't be nice.
I do find it odd that Apple is not allowing 720p video through the component cable even though the iPad can render it. This is either being done due to bandwidth limitations of the dock connector or for consistency reasons. i'm hoping it's the latter.
Right now the iPad does not have a video dock and the iPhone/iPod Touch video dock is intentionally out of date (old apple remote). I have a sneaking suspicion that a new dock is in the works, perhaps with the vaunted hdmi output you want. My only question is one of the timing. Would they update the firmware on the iPod touch and the iPhone to playback 720p video (they are capable) or would they save this dock for the iPad and the next generation of iPhone/iPod touch? Hoping for the former, expecting the latter.
Question is, will the iPad let you output local HD content at all, thru component or VGA. The iPhone doesn't let you store/playback these files, so there's no basis for comparison. Will they give an error when connected to a TV?
Why wouldn't it?
I do find it odd that Apple is not allowing 720p video through the component cable even though the iPad can render it. This is either being done due to bandwidth limitations of the dock connector or for consistency reasons. i'm hoping it's the latter.
Since the composite and component cables are for playing back media and the iPad is the first handheld to also play protected HD iTS video, perhaps they can't contractually push HD analog signals. Can you push iTS HD from a Mac via analog video out?
Since the composite and component cables are for playing back media and the iPad is the first handheld to also play protected iTS video, perhaps they can't contractually push HD analog signals. Can you push iTS HD from a Mac via analog video out?
That could be the reason.