I keep getting unrequested emails from Revolution
Home Theater. In the middle of a bunch of problems
with HDMI connections randomly taking random and
undocumented control of systems, they sent out
a newsletter today with a three-page (1 page printed,
aint' the internet great for making you look bigger
than you are?) article on how great HDMI cables
are.

So what the heck! I sent them this at [email protected].
Why don't you send them some inquiries, too?

SUBJECT: HDMI Cables Ruining Installations, Costing
Installers Time and Money

All right, so that's a rather hyperbolic Subject
line. I have just finished reading your three
page article on HDMI cables, and the article makes
it seem that they are a solution to many interconnect
problems.

In my brief experience with them, and the experience
of others, though, they appear to introduce undocumented
and unexpected results when actually in use with
real components! For reference, please check
out these threads at remotecentral.com:

[Link: remotecentral.com]

[Link: remotecentral.com]

[Link: remotecentral.com]

How is an HDMI Cable a solution if a DVD player
won't turn on when the cable is connected? Where
is the documentation showing what will happen
when different brands are connected to other different
brands?

Isn't this cable actually a whole new can of worms
because manufacturers HAVE NOT worked out how
to communicate what they will do?

I would be VERY interested in another article,
one that goes into even more depth, about HDMI
cables, but that shows us how to use, for instance,
the following:

Scientific Atlanta Cable Box and Denon DVD Player
going through Gefen (not Geffen) 6 in, 2 out HDMI
Switcher
to two displays: Panasonic Plasma and Sharp Projector.

If there is interaction between the switcher and
the source, or between the display and the source,
what are the rules for which display of the two
will actually control the source? Note that the
Gefen switcher's manual does not describe any
control situations AT ALL.