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EchoStar and DirecTV have signed on to support a next generation digital interface standard designed to prevent consumers from pirating digital movies off of their satellite dish.
The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification combines high-definition video and multi-channel audio into one digital interface. Electronics manufacturers, including Hitachi, Matsu****a Electric, Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson multimedia and Toshiba are developing the interface for future products such as digital televisions, DVD players, set-top boxes and other digital A/V products.
David Baylor, executive vice president of DirecTV, called the group's formation "an important step toward delivering consumers a more robust selection of high-definition content and digital receiving devices."
Today most major studios will not provide digital content to the satellite providers because they fear that someone will try to record it. "We can't get the big movies to give us HDTV movies," said EchoStar spokesperson Marc Lumpkin. "And we want their content." The company will include the standard in future set-top boxes, Lumpkin said. EchoStar has a high-definition recording device coming out later this year or early next year that may include the standard, he said.
David Kummer, senior vice president of engineering at EchoStar, said the company is "very pleased" the HDMI working group has formed to define the first uncompressed digital audiovisual interface for consumer electronics devices.
The standard may be getting ahead of congressional action. Last month, Commerce Committee Chairman Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) introduced a bill that would require that the content, technology and consumer electronics industries work with consumer groups to set a digital media device standard to protect digital piracy.
From http://www.skyreport.com (Used with permission)
The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification combines high-definition video and multi-channel audio into one digital interface. Electronics manufacturers, including Hitachi, Matsu****a Electric, Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson multimedia and Toshiba are developing the interface for future products such as digital televisions, DVD players, set-top boxes and other digital A/V products.
David Baylor, executive vice president of DirecTV, called the group's formation "an important step toward delivering consumers a more robust selection of high-definition content and digital receiving devices."
Today most major studios will not provide digital content to the satellite providers because they fear that someone will try to record it. "We can't get the big movies to give us HDTV movies," said EchoStar spokesperson Marc Lumpkin. "And we want their content." The company will include the standard in future set-top boxes, Lumpkin said. EchoStar has a high-definition recording device coming out later this year or early next year that may include the standard, he said.
David Kummer, senior vice president of engineering at EchoStar, said the company is "very pleased" the HDMI working group has formed to define the first uncompressed digital audiovisual interface for consumer electronics devices.
The standard may be getting ahead of congressional action. Last month, Commerce Committee Chairman Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) introduced a bill that would require that the content, technology and consumer electronics industries work with consumer groups to set a digital media device standard to protect digital piracy.
From http://www.skyreport.com (Used with permission)
