[ntomer]

Originally Posted by Samurai

Now to find that toslink-to-toslink cable to connect the WDTV to my A/V receiver. Clearly not available in my rural setup. Does anyone know some online store that sells toslink cable.

Damn, I did have a toslink cable which I was previously using, but I switched over the coax sometime back. But I can't find the toslink cable I discarded.

Err... what's is Toslink??? I connect my A/V receiver through an HDMI cable; will toslink be better?

Edit: I did a google and found out what it is. I guess it goes in the pentagonal socket on the WDTV. But will it give better quality than HDMI?

And you can buy it from eBay; for 500-600 bucks.

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[SumitB]

Samurai, I am not able to load the website for MX Electronics. They have the toslink cable you are looking for. They must be having some dealer in Bangalore (with contact details) who can be contacted to source the cable. Its a common cable and I recently got myself one from Delhi for about 400/- (3 mts.)

Ebay has a few listings for the cable:
eBay India: Optical SPDIF Audio Cable - Toslink to Toslink 3 meters (item 120423392722 end time 27-May-2009 21:05:36 IST)|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A25

eBay India: Toslink to Toslink Optical SPDIF Cable 5m (item 360157253103 end time 30-May-2009 11:02:46 IST)|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A25

Check them out.

[varun911]

Originally Posted by aaggoswami

The only legal source of HD movies for me is from torrent. Its literally impossible to source it from any retailer. Chances are that they might be selling pirated copies. Very few places have genuine stuff, like the shop Crossworld.

OT: Torrents are legal?

[SumitB]

Not all torrents are illegal but I am yet to see a legal torrent for hd material. I hope aaggoswami gives us some more insight into this.

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by ntomer

Err... what's is Toslink??? I connect my A/V receiver through an HDMI cable; will toslink be better?

There are lots of toslink vs hdmi discussions all over the web. In my case I don't have a choice since my Yamaha RX-V1400 A/V Receiver is a 2003 model, and doesn't support HDMI.

Originally Posted by SumitB

Ebay has a few listings for the cable:
eBay India: Optical SPDIF Audio Cable - Toslink to Toslink 3 meters (item 120423392722 end time 27-May-2009 21:05:36 IST)|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A25

eBay India: Toslink to Toslink Optical SPDIF Cable 5m (item 360157253103 end time 30-May-2009 11:02:46 IST)|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A25

Check them out.

I don't have an eBay account, can I still buy it as guest?

[vnabhi]

Guys,
I've been keenly following this thread for the past few days. I aint an electronics geek, but I'd surely like to watch HD content on my 9 month old 42" Panny Plasma. I guess I need to acquire the following (gurus please correct me):-

1. A WD player listed on this thread
2. A portable hard disk with USB connection
3. An HDMI cable
4. HD content movies/ serials (source not known)

I'd be glad if someone guided me on the best options for procuring each of the above. I have the option of buying the WD player online, but I also have a colleague returning from the US next month. Which would be a better option?
Also, my colleague has bought a Seagate 350gb portable hard disk for Rs 3600. Would that be good enough for storing HD content? Or is there any better model?
Thanks in advance.

[SumitB]

Originally Posted by Samurai

There are lots of toslink vs hdmi discussions all over the web. In my case I don't have a choice since my Yamaha RX-V1400 A/V Receiver is a 2003 model, and doesn't support HDMI.

I don't have an eBay account, can I still buy it as guest?

It hardly takes a minute to sign up on ebay!

Originally Posted by vnabhi

Guys,
I've been keenly following this thread for the past few days. I aint an electronics geek, but I'd surely like to watch HD content on my 9 month old 42" Panny Plasma. I guess I need to acquire the following (gurus please correct me):-

1. A WD player listed on this thread
2. A portable hard disk with USB connection
3. An HDMI cable
4. HD content movies/ serials (source not known)

I'd be glad if someone guided me on the best options for procuring each of the above. I have the option of buying the WD player online, but I also have a colleague returning from the US next month. Which would be a better option?
Also, my colleague has bought a Seagate 350gb portable hard disk for Rs 3600. Would that be good enough for storing HD content? Or is there any better model?
Thanks in advance.

As far as I know, WD does not offer international warranty on the WDTV but I may be wrong. If this is correct, then its safer to get the WDTV from India with Indian warranty.

The 360GB HDD should be good to go if it has a USB connection.

You can connect the WDTV using the component cable also.

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by SumitB

As far as I know, WD does not offer international warranty on the WDTV but I may be wrong. If this is correct, then its safer to get the WDTV from India with Indian warranty.

The 360GB HDD should be good to go if it has a USB connection.

You can connect the WDTV using the component cable also.

Thanks for the quick update, SumitB. The 360 gb HDD that I mentioned can be connected to the computer only via a USB--it does not have a power supply on its own. So will this prove to be a detriment--I mean if I connect it to the WD player, where does it derive its power supply from?

Further, where can I get Hi Def content movies from---either legal or not so legal?

[SumitB]

Originally Posted by vnabhi

Thanks for the quick update, SumitB. The 360 gb HDD that I mentioned can be connected to the computer only via a USB--it does not have a power supply on its own. So will this prove to be a detriment--I mean if I connect it to the WD player, where does it derive its power supply from?

Further, where can I get Hi Def content movies from---either legal or not so legal?

Yes, your 360GB will work with the WDTV. It need not have any external power source.

I will not comment anything on the illegal sources for hi-def content. The mods don't allow such discussions here and I will get an infraction.

For legal sources, let me know if you come across any!

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by SumitB

Yes, your 360GB will work with the WDTV. It need not have any external power source.

I will not comment anything on the illegal sources for hi-def content. The mods don't allow such discussions here and I will get an infraction.

For legal sources, let me know if you come across any!

Ha ha, gotcha!
Will research and let you know. The only info I have is that HD content in blue ray discs is available in some PlanetM stores, but I don't think the WD player can play those.

[headers]

Interesting thread..

I have a 32 Sony LCD along with a DVD player and a 5.1 system. The new DVD player has a HDMI connect that works with my TV. So I got rid of my Coaxials from DVD to TV and went the HDMI way.

One thing I'm not too sure about is how to convert my old DVDs to HD to play in the setup.

Any help appreciated. Thanks

[Samurai]

Normal DVD is not HD, so you can't. Generally HD-TV up-samples your normal signals, that's the best you can get from normal DVDs.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by headers

....So I got rid of my Coaxials from DVD to TV and went the HDMI way. ...

If you mean composite video, then this in itself should improve the picture quality a noticable amount.

(HDMI, Component, etc are better than Svideo or composite)

However, as Samurai mentioned, (keeping it simple) the "HD" realm starts at 720 horizontal lines of resolution, whereas DVD is only ~480 lines, and upsampling it is not going to yeild any quality increase.


Cool thread Samurai - i just got a 720p DLP projector and am going through a similar thing.

cya
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[aaggoswami]

Originally Posted by SumitB

Not all torrents are illegal but I am yet to see a legal torrent for hd material. I hope aaggoswami gives us some more insight into this.

Originally Posted by varun911

OT: Torrents are legal?

Well as far as my knowledge goes, peer to peer transfer is not termed illegal, and that is why the site " thepiratebay.org " existed. So my source has been torrents always, and sometimes I have to keep my pc ON continuously for days just for this.

The site that is in trouble right now has been my main source of download, i.e. thepiratebay.org.
.org means its not a commercial site like .com, so I have used this website for most of the downloads. If I am not able to get the stuff that I wanted, I googled it around and managed to get torrent for the stuff.

After reading that piratebay is in trouble, I am nervous.

True HD = Sony Blue ray.
Normal DVD movies cannot be HD.


Moreover, if I go anywhere to get any legal stuff on movies, then chances are that the seller might be having pirated stuff himself. Rapidshare accounts are being used to upload and download the movies.
So I found out that if I go around to get legal stuff, I might be buying pirated stuff at high cost, so turned on to peer to peer transfer network.

[jkdas]

Originally Posted by SumitB

Samurai, you paid about 1000/- extra for the WDTV. You could have got it for about 7200/- inclusive of shipping from Lynx Chandigarh Largest Electronic & Computer Superstore

7200??? Thats 2k costlier than you can get from DXB or US !
My colleagues bought it for 5k or so 2 months back !