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Evesham launches budget 20in HD LCD
Evesham continues to be the HD vendor of choice for
budget high-definition (HD) kit with the introduction of the 20.1in Widescreen LCD. It has a
native resolution of 1680 x 1050 making it suitable for both 720p and 1080i HD
video. 
Response time is quoted at 8ms which should be fast enough to rule out a
fair amount of the motion blur seen on LCD panels when viewing sports or
action-based movies.
At £350 it is certainly a good looking deal and it’s not bad
looking either but there is no HDMI input, which is needed for HDCP protected
video. While it looks likely that it won’t matter for HD movies on Blu Ray and
HD DVD formats, since they might not use the HDCP copyright protection system
until at least 2010, it will hinder hooking this up to a set-top box for HDTV broadcasts
since many programs will contain the HDCP technology. HDCP downgrades video
quality to DVD quality unless it detects a HDMI input.
Still, if you plan to use it for mainly playing new HD games or watching HD movies, this looks like an affordable second HDTV.
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do you need a HDMI input to play HDCP protected media? Or would a DVI with HDCP be able to do this? My understainding is that whilst the HDMI spec incudes HDCP compatability as standard you can include it on a DVI connection as shown on the sony MFMHT205S.
Posted by: Warren Dixon | June 6, 2006 9:02 AM