Comment Re:zero (Score 1) 143
But HDCP carries over DVI just the same as HDMI. I use a projector with only a DVI input, yet it supports HDCP and if you plug in a device that requires HDCP in order to display, it works just fine. Matter of fact, using the HDMI connector on my cable box I have to use an adapter to go to DVI... It doesn't change anything, it just connects pin for pin to a different shaped plug.
When you first switch to the cable box on the DVI input on the projector, the cable box is complaining that you need an HDCP compliant monitor to display it... then after a second or two that display goes away, because it negotiates the encryption between the projector and the cable box.
HDCP is CRAP, but you shouldn't ignore or talk bad about HDMI cables just because HDCP came along at the same time.
HDMI is also beneficial if you have a good receiver that switches HDMI inputs. That way you can use the receiver to switch the audio and video, and not only that, the receiver will get its audio right out of the same cable, then pass the video on to whatever you're using as a display. A very simplified hookup in this manner, if you can afford it. Most receivers that feature this kind of functionality run upwards of $1k+ , not to mention the display and the cabling.
When you first switch to the cable box on the DVI input on the projector, the cable box is complaining that you need an HDCP compliant monitor to display it... then after a second or two that display goes away, because it negotiates the encryption between the projector and the cable box.
HDCP is CRAP, but you shouldn't ignore or talk bad about HDMI cables just because HDCP came along at the same time.
HDMI is also beneficial if you have a good receiver that switches HDMI inputs. That way you can use the receiver to switch the audio and video, and not only that, the receiver will get its audio right out of the same cable, then pass the video on to whatever you're using as a display. A very simplified hookup in this manner, if you can afford it. Most receivers that feature this kind of functionality run upwards of $1k+ , not to mention the display and the cabling.
