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The efforts by the MPAA/RIAA/MafiAA to shut down the so-called "Analog Hole" aren't helping the situation a bit, either.
I just helped a friend set up a new home theater system, complete with a 55" display. The receiver/blueray player was all HDMI for inputs and outputs, and the display had 4 HDMI inputs and only a single analog video input which was labeled as being intended for a game console. We ended up using it for a VCR input, and connecting the kid's Wii console through the video inputs on the VCR.
In a few more years, i fully expect to see analog video inputs completely eliminated. Laptops and even desktop computers are already ditching VGA and even DVI outputs for HDMI. Even the little "Raspberry Pi" computer boards, which are marketed as playthings for hardware hackers have adopted HDMI, which is just about the epitome of closed access, walled garden, DRM encumbered garbage.
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