These comments are on page 24 of the July 2002 issue. I have yet to see any engineer or professional challenge his technical statements (and they most certainly would, if he was in error). This excellent article debunks many of the DVI myths, and makes a clear case that DVI is the best friend for the content providers (television studios, film studios, distribution companies, cable companies, satellite companies, and the rest). It also makes it quite clear that DVI is the consumer's worst enemy, as it will (probably) do an end-run around the Supreme Court decision of the 1980s, and let Disney and all of the others have what they wanted in the infamous Betamax case -- an elimination of home taping or recording, and a movement toward "pay per view" and a "video jukebox" standard for film, television, broadcast, cable, satellite, etc.
I used to groan everytime I would read on one of these forums that "DVI is uncompressed, so it will look better!"
Now, I just sadly laugh.
DVI will do you no good, today. Every product sold with a DVI connector does make Disney a bit happier, and Viacom a bit happier, and Paramount a bit happier, and Jack Valenti a bit happier, and Fox a bit happier. They want this to become the standard. That is why they "declared" that it would be the standard.
Do you need it?
No.
Do you want it?
"Uh, no, not really, but gee, I am so, so afraid that I might be 'left behind,' I guess that I will buy mine as an insurance policy, and surely my one leetle-old set is not really going to make any difference in the long run, now really... is it?"
These same content providers told us DIVX was going to be the standard. They had an agenda. The consumer voted, and (fortunately) won. These same content providers told us DAT was going to be the standard. They had an agenda. The consumer voted, and (fortunately) won.
However, the consumer also makes mistakes... often through fear. VHS won over Beta.