I’m looking to buy a media player and have seen a cyclone 500gb hd media player with record function and another which is also 500gb but says hdmi media player with tv record funtion, I know HD is the technology and hdmi is the cable used , its just whats on the side of the box which is throwing me ?
As you say…
HDMI is just the cable..
so it could be SD or less being recorded and played back…
It just happens to use an HDMI cable (rather than s-video or scart) to connect.
Like freeview and DVD players than have HDMI outputs.
The HD machine is the only claiming to be HD… though that does not mean much more.
As HD covers a multitude of sins… as TV thats are only HD Ready and not FULL HD has shown !
You can only tell from the specs for the player/recorders.
do they do 1080p or only 1080i etc
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:43 pm
As you say…
HDMI is just the cable..
so it could be SD or less being recorded and played back…
It just happens to use an HDMI cable (rather than s-video or scart) to connect.
Like freeview and DVD players than have HDMI outputs.
The HD machine is the only claiming to be HD… though that does not mean much more.
As HD covers a multitude of sins… as TV thats are only HD Ready and not FULL HD has shown !
You can only tell from the specs for the player/recorders.
do they do 1080p or only 1080i etc
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