Sigma Designs releases Blu-ray Player (Profile 1.1 or 2) reference kit

[Tekman]

http://www.sigmadesigns.com/public/P...ray8634_br.pdf

[theknub]

where's kjack?!?

be interesting to hear what he has to say

[kjack]

What do you want me say? I wrote the brochure.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by kjack

What do you want me say? I wrote the brochure.

^^ LOL, 'nuff said.

[NutsAboutPS3]

So what does this mean in terms of timeline for when we will see profile 1.1 and 2 players on sale and hence when Warner might be able to release the discs that are waiting for this? I know support for 1.1 is mandatory from Nov onwards, but presumably manufacturers can release 1.1 or 2 compliant hardware sooner than that if they want? And once there are several players on the market, there's no reason for Warner to wait any longer as they will be able to test their discs against multiple players.

It's an exciting time for Blu-ray!

[ProvenFlipper]

Originally Posted by kjack

What do you want me say? I wrote the brochure.

That made me laugh... Such a great response.

I hope I can get a player with one of these bad boys by christmas or early next year.

I did have a quick question for you, kjack. Is it safe to assume that some of those ports won't be used when that board is implemented into a BD player? I just don't see a BD player on the market with 3 HDMI outputs, and SATA connections right now.

[theknub]

Originally Posted by kjack

What do you want me say? I wrote the brochure.

hahaha... perfect.

wanting to make sure we were hearing it right.

thanks

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by kjack

What do you want me say? I wrote the brochure.

A thing of beauty that board.

Gary

[theknub]

just finished the brochure.... prettiness

[kjack]

Originally Posted by NutsAboutPS3

So what does this mean in terms of timeline for when we will see profile 1.1 and 2 players on sale and hence when Warner might be able to release the discs that are waiting for this?

Sorry, can't comment on timelines.

I know support for 1.1 is mandatory from Nov onwards, but presumably manufacturers can release 1.1 or 2 compliant hardware sooner than that if they want?

Yes.

[kjack]

Originally Posted by ProvenFlipper

Is it safe to assume that some of those ports won't be used when that board is implemented into a BD player? I just don't see a BD player on the market with 3 HDMI outputs, and SATA connections right now.

What isn't used would be deleted from the final design by the player manufacturer. Some player manufacturers have a preference of HDMI chip, SATA chip, etc. so we just put them all on the board and include the drivers to minimize the HW and SW impact for them.

[dialog_gvf]

In a different world, the techno-geeks could buy one of these boards and create their own player.

Alas, the piracy issues make this an impossibility.

Gary

[theknub]

how about make a linux based htpc off of it?

[WriteSimply]

So uhm why can't this board decode DTS HDMA 7.1?


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[Chad Varnadore]

Personally, I would love to see hardware manufacturers implement 2 HDMI outputs that can be configured separately - one for video and one for audio.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by Chad Varnadore

Personally, I would love to see hardware manufacturers implement 2 HDMI outputs that can be configured separately - one for video and one for audio.

Well that would be nice. The original PS3 design was for two HDMI ports.

The main reason for me to advocate two HDMI ports is so that people can connect it to the receiver (then to the HDTV) and connect it directly to the HDTV. That way if you want to watch it late night, you don't have to power up your receiver just to see the video. Of course you could always get a splitter to do this.

The other way is if receivers can pass HDMI signals along even if they are just on standby and not powered on.


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