Silicon Optix HQV Question

[nightflier]

I personally do not care where you post.

Then why say: "I asked you to stay out of my posts" just before that? I mean, it's not like this is from a whole other thread or seven posts back, like it often is with you. No this one just rolled off your tongue in the previous post. Are you just not aware of what you're saying anymore? Or are you just flip-floppin' like Dubious, our Commander in Thief? I don't know, lil'terry, this reads like insanity to me....

How do you know someone is a control freak when you have never spent a second watching their actions or interactions?

Well, as much as I sense a sick penchant for someone watching your every move, no, I do not sit there and watch you - eeeck. But I actually do get plenty of examples just from seeing you stumble all over yourself in just about every thread. Your posts are exemplary of a control freak, lil'terry; you should read them, really!

you take a shred of information, and turn it into a conclusion.

This past half year's worth of your arrogant self-aggrandizing, denigrating and insulting posts are more than what I would call a "shred of information," lil'terry.

Who is stalking who?

You! That's who. I bet you won't be able to let this thread go either, you'll have to have the last word ad infinitum, won't you? You can't let things go, lil'terry, because you're a control freak, just like I've said so many times already.

You saw my post, and up pops your ignorant self with your ignorant analysis and conclusions front and center.

Ignorant? I think I was pretty spot on. However you want to spin it, your ex has issues with your controlling nature and the tat was proof of that. More importantly, your inflexibility in dealing with it and your search for vindication from the rest of us here (well certainly not from me), speaks volumes about your obsessive personality. But let's leave your personal life off this site, shall we? It has nothing to do with this thread. And don't even start criticizing my bringing it up here, you opened that door first, lil'terry. Now I'm closing it and I hope to god you leave it closed - it's way too sick and twisted for general readership.

Stick to what you know.... Since that is not much, it should not be all that taxing on you.

More insults. Look lil'terry, I know plenty, but unlike you, I don't need to brag about it. Nor do I need to show others how much more I think I know than them. This is becoming routine with you, lil'terry, and it's becoming a joke to read your posts. I'm sure the people here are going to open up their browsers over their lunch breaks and say: " 'wonder how much deeper lil'terry is going to dig himself now.... Should be entertaining."

Isn't this getting through your thick chrome-dome? The more you throw insults, the more people dismiss you. Wana continue, fine, keep digging, lil'terry.

Who is the control freak? Or would that be coward?

Well, I've already pointed out in a dozens ways how you're a control freak. And since you want to go further with the psychological analysis: yes, most control freaks are cowards too. I guess if the shoe fits....

How do you know what everyone is doing? You talk to them all...?

No I don't talk to them all, but I get enough PMs to know that you are one disturbed little freak. More importantly, the one recurring theme is that the more insults you throw out, the less people consider you an authority on anything. You debase your own arguments with insults, and that must be terribly frustrating to a control freak like yourself, now isn't it?

Between you and peahead there isn't an ounce of good information between you.

Actually I think Mr. P. has had some very useful information not just for my questions but also for others who've had the guts to ask questions on this forum. You know, there's another thread elsewhere, started by the webmaster asking people for comments on the website (there's been a few of these), and here's one comment I have: can we get people to stop insulting each other? I'm all for a lively debate, but the insults, the off-color comments, and the threats aren't necessary. And yes, I'm talking about your belligerent attitude.

You think you are normal? LOLOLOL, that's a laugh!!

Compared to you? Hey look, I don't insult anyone who disagrees with me. I don't call people liars. I don't try to control the discussions. I don't brag about my "John Curl personally customized amps". I don't have shady relationships with industry insiders. I don't insult and disparage women, children, people with same gender-preferences, people with different cultural backgrounds, or people who may not know as much about a topic as I do. I don't threaten, harass and stalk others on this board or promise to harm their families. I could go on but most exemplary: I don't air my private life on an audio-specific forum looking for my imaginary friends to vindicate my impulsive decisions.

Yeah, and all that represents a model of normalcy? OK, lil'terry, you go on with your bad self. Let me get you a shovel....

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So now that we have that out of the way, let's get back to the topic.

This is not computers, so leave whatever information you seem to want to superimpose on to audio and video out of the equation; it will do you no good.

You know you've been trying to throw that in everybody's face as far back as I can remember. The only reason for such an ignorant statement is that I think you are afraid of computers. The reality is that computers and yes, even your dreaded boogie man, the Internet, are converging with traditional audio technology in more ways than you are willing to acknowledge. I guess that's one topic of discussion you can't seem to get complete control over, so you pretend it's a non-issue, right? Don''t believe me? Let's review your "lively" debates about the X-box with GB and others who according to you "don't have a clue...."

Scaling has nothing to do with HDMI, NOTHING. No, the HDMI connection does not address which component has the better scaling than the other, that is something you have to know about yourself(yes you have to think). It just passes the video stream as it is post processed from the chipset itself. This process is NOT part of the two way communication between to HDMI based components.

OK, now here I will grant you I don't know enough about this topic. But just because I don't know, does not mean I should not be allowed to ask the question. You see, that's a control-freak kind of behavior, lil'terry. But let's look deeper at this issue, as that is the crux of why I started this thread. Since HDMI does transfer information related to color, bit-depth, and general picture quality, is it not possible for two HDMI components to decide , through their HDMI-standard-sanctioned bidirectional communication, which one would be the best at it? Perhaps video scaling isn't part of that decision making communication, but it's entirely possible that some decision is being made across that HDMI connection.

(And I sincerely hope you haven't scared off truly knowledgeable people that might have been reading this thread and had something truly useful to contribute to the discussion, especially since I don't consider you an authority on this, and I certainly don't care for your delivery of any possibly interesting information about it.)

You see, with HDMI, we have for the first time two computer chips (yes computer chips, lil'terry, no need to get scared), talking to each other and making decisions based on that discussion. Before, with analog connections (composite, s-video, and component), everything was one-directional and no recipient computer chips were there to send a message back across the wire saying: "hey buddy, you're a lot better at this, why don't you handle that?" So before we get so absolute and start with the absolutes and shouting the word "NOTHING" around (more control-freak behavior), let's consider, at the very least, the possibility that something does get sent back and forth.

Now, I'll admit, I'm way out of my league in understanding the communications over HDMI, but isn't it true that HDCP does in fact performs exactly the behavior we are discussing, albeit, very primitively? That is: if a specific security bit is not found on any one segment of the HDMI chain, the HDCP tells all devices in both directions in the communication line: "Homey don't play dat!" Now if HDCP makes that possible, then why is it not possible to send other info back and forth? Maybe it's possible to have, instead of just a security bit on said device, also an "image quality" bit, of maybe a "color depth" bit that travels the HDMI chain and decides which one of the devices should handle the processing of the bit in question.

And while I don't want to get lil'terry more upset about this, the reasoning behind this comes from the computer industry. With Firewire connections, this type of information can indeed be transfered back and forth. Now I'm not at all saying that Firewire is an adequate alternative, but I am saying that the capability is there and that what we can learn about this example is also applicable to the audio/video industry. And while Firewire may be more computerese than lil'terry can stomach right now, the fact is that this communication medium also exists in some home-electronic devices (albeit less an less so) and that it also supports HDCP (via DTCP). Ironic how this is just such an example of an already existing convergence between computers and audio/video? Of course, this is also exemplary of how an understanding of technology in one industry can be applied to another industry, but I think lil'terry soiled himself from his head spinning so much, so I'll stop there.

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And lil'terry, if you can't stay on topic now, please don't post. It's really becoming so juvenile to watch you flip-floppin', throwing tantrums, and just plain debasing yourself on this thread. It's only funny up to a point, and I'm really getting tired of having to re-quote your own stupidity back to you. I started this thread with a ligit question, and if you can't contribute maturely, then just stay out of it. And yes, I took some punches here, too, but let's remember who started with the unnecessary insults.