On the AVS forum I have read a number of posts about a new version/upgrade of HDMI. It is callled HDMI 1.03(?) I think.
Several people have implied that with these new 1080P TVs that are being introduced at CES 2006 that one should wait until this HDMI 1.03 comes out to purchase one of these displays.
Could someone please explain to me what HDMI 1.03 is and what it is suppose to do for a 1080P display panel?
Should HDMI 1.03 be included in the dictionary on this forum?
I've read that some TV manufacturers have stated that the reason that their
first-generation 1080p sets don't accept a 1080p signal is that the current
HDMI and DVI specs don't support that resolution/bandwidth. But then, I've
also read that this is baseless hokum, and it's actually a matter of the
manufacturers implementing the cheapest HDMI/DVI chipsets and not wanting to
change that just for their 1080p TVs.
Not sure if that's true, but the HP 1080p sets do apparently accept 1080p
over HDMI, so that would seem to establish what's possible.
Anyway, maybe some AVSers have heard the no-1080p-over-HDMI claims and they
believe that this is going to remove that obstacle.
According to hdmi.org their spec is up to v1.2a, the latest of which
addresses some testing submission details. A year ago they had v1.1 and
companies like Analog Devices have 1080P interface chips that meet v1.1 spec
and deliver 1080P. Those have been out for awhile now.
The v1.03 sounds like an internal rev for a particular set vendor.
