I abhore VCRs. Mine sits here and blinks a lot. All i use it for now is a cable box to my lcd widescreen (which is HDCP / HDTV compliant btw).Tenchiro said:
I prefer to Dl stuff off of torrent sites then watch it live. IE: Lost in hi def owns.
Remember all the coin you dropped for your HDTV? Well get ready to do it again.
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I prefer to Dl stuff off of torrent sites then watch it live. IE: Lost in hi def owns.
No new plaZma for me... 
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N8: Hi, I would like to know if my 50" Pany Plasma is HDCP capable? I bought about 18 months ago from your company. It's a 7UY
PlasmaConcepts: Do you have the DVI or HDMI input module?
N8: yes.. a DVI blade
PlasmaConcepts: It is HDCP capable.
N8: Cool thanks!
PlasmaConcepts: No problem. FYI HDMI and DVI are the only type inputs effected by the HDCP protocol. It is only an issue with digital inputs because they do not want people copying digital material. But all of Panasonic's HDMI and DVI cards they ever released have been HDCP compliant.
N8: Excellent! Thanks heaps!
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N8: Hi, I would like to know if my 50" Pany Plasma is HDCP capable? I bought about 18 months ago from your company. It's a 7UY
PlasmaConcepts: Do you have the DVI or HDMI input module?
N8: yes.. a DVI blade
PlasmaConcepts: It is HDCP capable.
N8: Cool thanks!
PlasmaConcepts: No problem. FYI HDMI and DVI are the only type inputs effected by the HDCP protocol. It is only an issue with digital inputs because they do not want people copying digital material. But all of Panasonic's HDMI and DVI cards they ever released have been HDCP compliant.
N8: Excellent! Thanks heaps!
Perhaps Panasonic didn't get Trancend's memo...
N8 said:
That's BS, just so you know. HDMI has been around a lot longer then HDCP. Just like how the new ATI video cards were HDCP compliant....only they didn't support hdcp.
"Remember the HDCP fiasco that we were talking about the other day? You know, how ATI and NVIDIA claim their chips are HDCP ready, but since the graphics boards don't support the standard, there's no way you're getting HDCP?"
Ya, same idea.
Transcend said:
Ya, that is usually what "compliant" ends up meaning. It does not mean it supports it natively. There is simply no way that all HDMI tvs they ever put out support hdcp. It simply hasn't been around that long.dfinn said:
Joke's gonna be on you. I love people who really do not get simple principles.
Here's a timeline you may understand:
analog tv > HDTV > Digital TV broadcasts > HDMI > > > > HDCP > Now
Notice how HDCP is recent, whereas HDMi isn't? It is not possible for all hdmi Tvs to actually have hdcp. The signal type supports it as it is digital, the television will not have a decoder.
Here's a timeline you may understand:
analog tv > HDTV > Digital TV broadcasts > HDMI > > > > HDCP > Now
Notice how HDCP is recent, whereas HDMi isn't? It is not possible for all hdmi Tvs to actually have hdcp. The signal type supports it as it is digital, the television will not have a decoder.
Transcend said:
Meh... a lot of new stuff is backward compatable... if not, who cares? I'll just get another tele... no worries.
Transcend said:
Some small vindication for you, although ATI has restored the HDCP wording on their site....
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=851
dfinn said:
Easy on the bong there Cheech... new protocols being designed to run on older platforms is backward compatability...
N8 said:
Hardware can be. You cannot have a decoder chicp in a tv built in 2000 for example for a new standard, when the standard did not exist untill 2005. Well after the tv was built.
Holy **** you are slow. I give up. Not only do you have bad taste in brickwork, but you have the intelligence of said brick.
N8, It looks like the Panasonic TY-42TM6D DVI-D board is HDCP compatible.
In that case I up my off to $60.
In that case I up my off to $60.
Tenchiro said:
I don't know how much a media server & tivo are, but DVD players are cheap. Really cheap.Transcend said:
Tenchiro said:
Too small... 50" min.
BTW from your own link...N8 said:
Unfortunately, HDMI compatibility doesn't mean that the board can output a HDCP-DVI or HDCP-HDMI signal
Transcend said:
w0w.. i guess you told me then...
Tivo $49 + 12 a monthSkaredShtles said:I don't know how much a media server & tivo are, but DVD players are cheap. Really cheap.
media server ~$300
DVDs do not do live broadast television.
Transcend said:
Well, if it doesn't work, then I'll throw it away and buy something that does.
No problem-oh.
Transcend said:
Good thing mine is spec'd:
From Panasonic's Spec's Site:
- Flexible A/V and IT system configurations - composite, component, RCA, BNC, PC, RGB, SDI, HD-SDI, HDMI, DVI-D w/HDCP, Twisted-Pair Cable, and wireless presentation terminal boards available
dude, you already threw yr money away the first time. didn't you learn?
I have been thinking one of these bad boys and building out a HTPC.Transcend said:
The point isn't if YOUR tv will work or not.
The point is what the person at the shop said. Not all panasonic HDMI Tvs are HDCP compatible. I think they had about as much grasp of this concept as you do.
I love the american economy. Running on guys like n8 - more money then brains.
Edit: Your own specs prove that the salesperson was wrong, good job!
The point is what the person at the shop said. Not all panasonic HDMI Tvs are HDCP compatible. I think they had about as much grasp of this concept as you do.
I love the american economy. Running on guys like n8 - more money then brains.
Edit: Your own specs prove that the salesperson was wrong, good job!
MMM. I am using a huge server tower I have had forever. Sitting in a closet behind my tv with a hole in the wall for all of the wires and junk.Tenchiro said:I have been thinking one of these bad boys and building out a HTPC.
That case would be mint. Love the touch screen - I hate having to VNC into it to add stuff/fix things.
narlus said:
Shoot... by the time it makes a difference, it will be out with the old and in with the new time... it's just money... sheesh.
I build 5-6 houses a year.dfinn said: